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Private school contests reward braininess

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.dallasnews.com (Views: 165, Clicks: 1)  View Story

"Academic competitions inspire in children a desire to learn and achieve higher goals than if they were not challenged," she said. "In the long run, all this extra work in math will help students with their SAT scores."

1 comments | Tags: private school academic competitions charter schools home-schooled children "number sense" | Topic: Homeschooling BAD >_<

#1 by nitajo posted ago +0 apples bad good
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Categories include "Number Sense" in which students have 10 minutes to do 80 complex math questions without writing, instead doing all computations in their heads.  
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