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Eyeballing (Virtual) Game

Newman sumitted ago via http://woodgears.ca (Views: 39, Clicks: 29)
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Some people are bothered by pictures on the wall hanging slightly crooked. Others may not even be aware that something may be amiss. If you are somebody who is into woodworking or construction, its good to be one of the people who notice when things are crooked.

0 comments | Tags: geometry academic vocabulary quadrilaterals right angles | Topic: Math Fun BAD >_<

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Waiting for a bus? Math may help

Newman sumitted ago via http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com (Views: 17, Clicks: 7)
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It turns out math can fix the problem. Georgia Tech professor John Bartholdi and University of Chicago professor Donald Eisenstein used complex algebra to develop a kind of anti-bus-bunching formula. They took what’s known as the Markov Chain through the wringer. It’s a math theory that shows predictable long-term behavior.

1 comments | Tags: georgia institute of technology bus schedule university of chicago algebra math theory | Topic: Higher Education BAD >_<

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Free bicycles help keep Indian girls in school

nitajo sumitted ago via http://lacrossetribune.com (Views: 22, Clicks: 6)
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The eastern state of Bihar has been so successful at keeping teenage girls in school, the bike giveaways have spread to neighboring states. Now the Indian government wants to expand it across the country in hopes it might help improve female literacy.

1 comments | Tags: rampur singhara india bicycles literacy poverty high school dropout rate | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Who Is Writing the 'Next Generation' Science Standards?

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 20, Clicks: 4)
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Erik W. Robelen -- As the general public now gets a chance to weigh in on a first draft of common standards in science, the question arises: Who is writing these voluntary standards, anyway? The short answer? It's complicated.

1 comments | Tags: erik w. robelen science standards next generation science standards national research council peter mclaren | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Faulty Data Leads to Mix-Up in High School Rankings

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 23, Clicks: 4)
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The mistake has now been traced back to erroneous data provided by the Nevada education department to the U.S. Department of Education. The error not only draws into question the validity of the rankings, but the validity of other research that relies on the federally maintained Common Core of Data, which tracks information about students and staff in every public school, district, and state education agency in the country. The Common Core of Data is used as part of the U.S. News ranking system.

0 comments | Tags: henderson nevada u.s. news and world report u.s. department of education national center for education statistics | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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Green Valley High School Ranking As 13th In U.S. Caused By State, Federal Errors

eduK8 sumitted ago via http://www.huffingtonpost.com (Views: 27, Clicks: 4)
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Federal and Nevada state officials are taking responsibility for data errors that mistakenly launched a suburban Las Vegas high school nearly to the top of U.S. News and World Report's "Best High Schools" list.

1 comments | Tags: henderson nevada u.s. news and world report u.s. department of education national center for education statistics | Topic: Secondary BAD >_<

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L.A. students and teachers display learning beyond tests

nitajo sumitted ago via http://latimesblogs.latimes.com (Views: 24, Clicks: 3)
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About two dozen teachers and their students assembled Thursday after school near downtown to demonstrate academic prowess beyond a standardized test score.

1 comments | Tags: los angeles unified school district john deasy standardized tests student achievement teacher performance | Topic: Teaching Jobs BAD >_<

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Graduating collegians cope with student debt in a weak economy

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 22, Clicks: 4)
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About two-thirds of college graduates have some student loans to pay off, and their average debt is about $25,000 to $28,700, according to estimates by education experts and organizations. (About 10% of those with loans owe more than $50,000 or so.)

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Numbers Game

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.huffingtonpost.com (Views: 25, Clicks: 4)
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Todd Farley -- The scores for the writing portion of this year's FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) plummeted so precipitously that the abilities of the Sunshine State's student writers aren't being called into question, the very validity of those scoring statistics are.

1 comments | Tags: florida pearson writing scores florida board of education todd farley | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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Training for a Marathon, With Your Co-Workers

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 25, Clicks: 4)
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A grade-school teacher describes how she and four of her colleagues have trained together to run a marathon — and have found a new sense of camaraderie along the way.

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Australia: Graduates shun legal profession

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 24, Clicks: 4)
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Almost two-thirds of Australia's law graduates are not working as lawyers four months after they have completed their degrees, according to a study. The Graduate Careers Australia survey of 1313 recent graduates from all over the country found that 64 per cent were not practicing law between 2010 and 2011.

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Colin Powell: Kindness Works

MrGreen sumitted ago via http://www.parade.com (Views: 27, Clicks: 5)
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Colin Powell -- I believe that if you develop a reputation for kindness, even the most unpleasant decisions will go down easier. People will realize that your decision must be necessary and is not arbitrary or made without empathy. As the old saying goes, “To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.”

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Time to ring the bell on FCAT

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tampabay.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 5)
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John Romano -- Children are crying, parents are obsessing, and educators are sweating. Forgive me if I'm reading too much into this, but is it possible we've let standardized testing get out of control?

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Mike Wallace: His contribution to mental health

Buldog sumitted ago via http://communities.washingtontimes.com (Views: 24, Clicks: 4)
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When someone intelligent, forthright, aggressive, and respected lends their face to a subject slightly taboo, it makes a difference. Mike Wallace did the mental health community a favor in 1996 by going public with his diagnosis of depression. Although there is still stigma attached to having any mental illness, Wallace’s admission made it clear that depression does not descend only upon the faint of heart, and that it can be treated.

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PARCC Procurement

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.parcconline.org (Views: 37, Clicks: 11)
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In an effort to share the workload around procurement, other states will now release solicitations or procurements on behalf of PARCC. All procurements will be listed here, but the actual solicitation or procurement will be posted on the releasing state’s procurement website.

1 comments | Tags: common core state standards procurement parcc indiana indiana department of education | Topic: Education Policy BAD >_<

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