Kalamazoo Twp. author a finalist for top award
Detroit Free Press
A self-proclaimed farm girl, she has bachelor's degrees in math education and philosophy from the University of Chicago, and master's degrees in math and creative writing from Western Michigan. [Page 2 of 2] She has scaled the Swiss Alps on...
Get to know China, Americans living there advise
Kansas City Star
Their advice: Teach more American kids the Chinese language and higher-level math and science. Keep innovating. Take seriously China’s ambition to invent, not just manufacture. Help China improve consumer safety and conserve energy.
These Hobbyists Add to Calculators, Multiplying Their Fun
Wall Street Journal
Benjamin Moody got hooked on calculators the moment his father bought him one to help with his math homework when he was 15. He squirreled away with it and devoured the 19-chapter owners' manual. Before long, he had written onto his Texas I...
Fuzzy Math Produces Stimulus Jobs
Central New York Business Journal
Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them to myself. - Mark Twain Mark Twain penned the above quote in his 1907 book: "Chapters from My Auto- biography."
Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher presented former teammate Trevor Ariza ...
ESPN.com
That sounds like more math. I hate math. The only numbers I like are the big, gaudy ones that catch your attention, like the 33 points Aaron Brooks scored. He drove by the Lakers or shot over them (5 for 11 on 3-pointers). "He was terrific,...
Wayne State math student launches solar heating business
Detroit Free Press
A Wayne State University mathematics grad student says he's well on his way to establishing a solar water heating business with help from an innovation promotion program at the Detroit school.
Rev. Brown School thriving under new principal
The Township Journal
SPARTA These days there’s a great deal of discussion about the critical importance of strong math and science programs in grades K-12, and whether or not students in the United States are prepared to hold their own in these content areas.
Science and math generate excitement
The Times West Virginian
Students were excited about math and science Friday at Fairmont Catholic’s fourth annual Math, Science and Technology Day.Principal Sister Mary DiDomenico called the day a happy learning experience to which the children really look forward....
State officials target new teachers' effectiveness
Newsday
State education officials also are proposing streamlining the certification process and offering cash bonuses to teacher candidates in fields in short supply, such as science and math, if those teachers are willing to work in low-performing...
Local Mom Wins Raytheon Math Hero Award for Inspiring Kids
AsianWeek
Los Alamitos Math Coach Presented Raytheon’s “MathMovesU - Math Hero” Award Chia-Ho Lee, mother of two students at Christa McAuliffe Middle School in Los Alamitos and the school’s math club coach, has been named Raytheon Math Hero - a disti...
Exercise balls get trial run
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
CORPUS CHRISTI —n Alternativecan improvefocus, postureAdriana Loredo bounced gently and fidgeted on an exercise ball as she worked on her math assignment.She wasn’t at home. She wasn’t in gym at Tuloso-Midway Intermediate School. She was be...
State cuts give private colleges an edge
Los Angeles Times
A math and physics major from San Fernando, Rodriguez also said he wanted a more personal setting with small classes and hoped to avoid the overcrowding and other problems state budget cuts are causing at UC schools. His experience reflects...
Letters: Clarifying perceptions of Everyday Mathematics
Philadelphia Inquirer
Katharine Beals' article on the use of "reform math" with students with autism contains many misperceptions about Everyday Mathematics that, as the program's coauthor, I want to clarify ("The 'reform math' problem," last Monday). Everyday M...
