Word: mathes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Their three-page statement to George F. Carrier, chairman of the commission and Coolidge Professor of Applied Math, concludes, "Consequently, we request that the Commission investigate the matter to insure that all students are graded in an equitable fashion...
...What happens in the classroom when students are passed along until "a third of the high school seniors have reading and math skills below eighth-grade level"? The teachers can no longer wjite valid tests or conduct meaningful discussions; the faculty disagree among themselves about the purpose of education; confused students note with increasing frequency that learning is not the name of the game: and the mentally gifted become turned...
...Yale, as well as tying St. Lawrence 5-5, one might say that this year's Big Red team is almost human. There are indeed chinks in that armor that guards the goal mouth, to the tune of 38 goals-against in ten games this season. (For you non-math majors, that's nearly 4 goals a game...
...automatic promotion has produced as many problems as it has solved. Says Illinois School Superintendent Michael Bakalis, who is pushing a "back to basics" (i.e., emphasizing reading and math) program in his state: "Employers complain to me that the kids can't fill out a job application, they can't spell, they can't read, they don't have much capacity to function properly." In Oakland, Calif., where a third of the high school seniors have reading and math skills below eighth-grade level, Director of Pupil Personnel Robert Williams recommends that employers consult teachers before...
...increase in the Math mean represents a sharp contrast with national figures, which have not shown an increase in any one year for the past ten year. Jewett termed the verbal decline at Harvard as 'not especially significant...