Word: maths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three-point conversion, this is proof that Barry is a brave crusader for more money spent on education! He's not afraid to make himself look like an ass as long as he delivers the message that America can no longer let other countries' kids beat us in math any longer! And if they do, just shoot...
...Instead of arguing that he was insane, Kaczynski's lawyers seem to be planning a defense that he suffered from a mental defect that impaired his ability to form an intent to commit the crimes. Nevertheless, as far as his old neighbors seem to think, Ted Kaczynski, the former math professor, was gentle, soft-spoken and painfully shy. Last Friday Kaczynski's lawyers said he was refusing to submit to court-ordered psychiatric testing at the federal prison in Dublin, Calif., where he is awaiting trial...
That kind of math suggests that U.S. stocks deserve a trim in light of Asia's weakened economies. The big risk is that the selling gets overdone. Now that investors have seen a connection they were blind to a few months ago, they might panic, fearing the kind of rout in U.S. stocks that Asian markets experienced. There were moments last week when you could feel that sort of tension...
...money and technology alone do not guarantee academic excellence. Inspired by Breaking Ranks, the 1996 high-school-reform manifesto published by the Carnegie Institute and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the Rio Rancho school demands a tougher core curriculum, requiring four years each of math, science, social sciences and English, with 29 credits needed for graduation--seven more than the state norm. Before this year Rio Rancho's students attended other area high schools, says principal Katy Harvey, "and it was horrifying to look at transcripts full of credits like ceramics and basketball theory. They...
Though seventh-graders in Marina's single-sex program had the option of switching to coed classes, few did. At year's end the results were encouraging. "In general, their attention was more on their academic activities," says Lorraine Perry, 50, who taught science and math in both single-sex academies last year. As Perry hoped, the girls flourished away from male competition. The surprise was that the boys thrived too. "They were a little more open," says Perry, "to admitting that they didn't understand something than if there had been girls in class...