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...undertone invariably accompanied the attacks. Two efforts eventually won respect for the D.L.C., which now has chapters in 27 states, 19 full-time staff members and a $2.5 million annual budget. The first, a scathing post-1988 election analysis, elaborated the nation's new political arithmetic. "By the old math," says Al From, the council's president, "Dukakis should have been elected in '88. He carried 85% of the Democratic vote, more than Jimmy Carter when he won in '76. But there were -- and still are -- fewer national Democrats than a decade ago, due largely to the fact that many...
...Winnebago contains the distilled essence of an elementary school. There is Elmer's glue, board games, a teaching clock, a green blackboard with big white stamped letters, crayons, scissors, math books, everything except an aquarium...
...happened to Mark McConnell, who achieved popularity despite the difficult and tedious material of Math...
...quick to note other factors that could account for the students' successes. Second-language students may be especially motivated, more willing to take chances and accept challenges. In most partial-immersion schools, half the day is taught in English and half in Japanese. This means that students study math and science in Japanese and other subjects in English. The high verbal concentration required for Japanese clearly has a beneficial spillover effect in the English subjects...
American youngsters fare well by studying math in Japanese...