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Word: math (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...family took a "very pragmatic approach" to learning math and science, she says. For instance, Reed and Drew learned about electrical wiring from reading manuals in order to install a phone and a 12-volt system for the family television...

Author: By Nara K. Nahm, | Title: Homeschoolers Are at Home at Harvard | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

...children taught themselves to a large extent, according to Reed. "After I was about 10," Reed says, "it was pretty much self-teaching. I would order textbooks with my parents, but in math, for example, I don't think either of my parents knew where I was after...

Author: By Nara K. Nahm, | Title: Homeschoolers Are at Home at Harvard | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

...simple math. Why does a team 13 games over .500 (Maine) in Division I competition get chosen over a team that was 24 games above the .500 mark and consistently ranked in the nation's top five (Harvard...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Varelitas | 3/14/1989 | See Source »

...Bush uses it, focuses on two major plans: magnet schools and open enrollment. In his budget address last month, the President proposed that Congress authorize $100 million annually to develop magnet schools, so called because they attract students by developing specialties in areas like drama, creative writing, science and math...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Fight over School Choice | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...Core has not completely met its broad educational aims. A frequent target for criticism is the Core's science content. In an otherwise rosy accreditation review last year, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges found Harvard's Quantitative Reasoning Requirement (QRR) superficial and criticized the absence of math in the Core...

Author: By Carolyn J. Sporn, | Title: Realities of a Harvard Education | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

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