Word: maths
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...schools, too, the best way to make sure everyone gets to the same place may be to treat them differently. An Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (o.e.c.d.) study showed that, when tested on their math skills, 15-year-old first-generation immigrants score on average more than one grade level behind their native peers - this despite surveys that show immigrants are more enthusiastic about school than nonimmigrants. Part of the reason, says Andreas Schleicher, head of analysis for the o.e.c.d.'s Directorate for Education, is that many countries put their immigrant students through the same system as everyone else...
...Perfect score earned by 10-year-old Darryl Wu of Bellevue, Wash., on the math SAT--an outcome he says he "half-expected...
...Average score, nationwide, for a high school senior on the math section...
Roman Bezrukavnikov has never had much experience with failing grades. Now an MIT math professor specializing in representation theory and algebraic geometry, he says he cannot recall having received a D in his academic career...
...achievements and her impact on music. “She distinguished herself absolutely without reference to gender or color. She was good at what she did,” he said. Southern’s portrait was created by Stephen E. Coit ’71. An applied math and computer science concentrator during his undergraduate years, Coit worked as a venture capitalist before dedicating himself to painting. Coit said Southern’s painting was one of the most challenging portraits because it was posthumous. “I was working with a black and white photograph...