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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...
...sciences to select from courses that “do not strive to train students to become future scientists or to enable students to take more advanced science classes” simply to get a “real world connection” is patronizing. Similarly, a Math 55 alum required to take statistics so they can see “real world applications” will likely fall asleep. The Faculty should trust ambitious students who wish to take difficult and comprehensive departmental courses to make real-world connections for themselves, as long as the courses...
...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...
...senator from New York, named the most pressing problems facing the middle class today. The book, published in January, outlines 11 “concrete goals,” each of which is aimed at either increasing or reducing a statistic by 50 percent, such as raising reading and math scores by half, or decreasing dependence on foreign oil. To accomplish such goals, Schumer suggested creating an “opt-in” program for public schools and an apolitical committee of experts to devise a long-term strategy for alternative energy. Schumer invents the fictional characters...