Public schools as good as private schools in raising math scores, study says May 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Students in public schools learn as much or more math between kindergarten and fifth grade as similar students in private schools, according to a new University of Illinois study of multi-year, longitudinal data on nearly ... | |
Most elementary schools in California will fail to meet proficiency requirements by 2014 September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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How well students and schools – from kindergarten through high school – succeed in mastering a curriculum that includes English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, and the social and natural sciences, strongly influences how ... | |
 Economist's Model Forecasted Current Economic Slowdown One Year In Advance September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An economist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute says that a model he developed forecasted the current economic slowdown at least one year before it became apparent to most observers. The ... | |
New formula predicts how people will migrate in coming decades September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Nearly 200 million people now live outside their country of birth. But the patterns of migration that got them there have proven difficult to project. Now scientists at Rockefeller University, with assistance from the United ... | |
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