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Toting lunchboxes and backpacks, students at seven Fairfax County elementary schools returned to school this week, a full month before their peers. But it may be the last year they do so.Some of the schools’ parents and educators worry that ...
2009-08-04 06:05:00
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"NCLB has failed." John Merrow blogs his interview with Diane Ravitch, the former Bush I administration education official who is now speaking out against the school-reform/privatization/charter juggernaut. Merrow's interview, with his questions in ...
2009-08-04 09:46:00
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St. Andrews Presbyterian College has restructured it academic programs for the new year, by dropping some majors and programs and adding and consolidating others, the school announced on Tuesday. Robert Hopkins, vice president for academic affairs ...
2009-08-04 07:45:00
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In fast-moving innovative industries, it can be quite a chore to be a savvy consumer. Online display advertising has been around for a while of course, yet new innovations like behavioral targeting and supply exchanges are keeping media planners on ...
2009-08-04 09:11:00
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The statistics branch of mathematics has a poor reputation among the public. Much of modern science and economics is fundamentally based on statistics. So is public policy. Because public policy is a matter of priorities and heated debate about the ...
2009-08-04 11:12:00
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The 32nd annual Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) will take place on Thursday 6 August in primary and secondary schools all over Australia. They will be joined by students from 42 countries across South East Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and ...
2009-08-04 07:23:00
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The FDA approval comes against the backdrop of controversy on cardiovascular safety of diabetes drugs. Though data from clinical trials conducted by Bristol-Myers did not show any evidence of cardiovascular risk, the FDA has asked for a post-approval ...
2009-08-04 03:56:00
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Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http://at.zacks.com/?id=4579 HSPA is a mobile telephony standard widely used in 3G wireless networks to boost end-user experience by offering peak ...
2009-08-04 04:03:00
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Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry’s leading independent research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive ...
2009-08-04 04:10:00
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WASHINGTON: A team of researchers, led by an Indian, is using mathematics and computer science to piece together information about the still-unknown script of the 4,000 years old Indus Valley civilisation. The study shows distinct patterns in the ...
2009-08-04 03:56:00
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St. Gregory’s University President Dr. Dave Wagie, announced his retirement Tuesday to university faculty, staff and monastic community. Father Charles Buckley, O.S.B., a member of St. Gregory’s Abbey and former vice president for the university ...
2009-08-04 04:17:00
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Officials continue to investigate the cause of a fire that killed a local college teacher in Perry County. 56 year old Jayne Carter died Sunday night in a fire at her home on Doctor's Row in Chavies. Carter was an associate professor. She taught ...
2009-08-04 04:39:00
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When fifth-grade teacher Suzanne O'Brien received an e-mail notifying her that she had won a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, she had a reaction similar to that of someone who had just won the lottery - disbelief ...
2009-08-04 05:29:00
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PANAMA CITY — Florida State University-Panama City veteran administrator Ken Shaw accepted the top leadership position at the branch campus effective Tuesday. The move will be the third time Shaw has sat in the dean’s office, but the first time ...
2009-08-04 04:32:00
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Terrell Independent School District officials announced Friday that two campuses - Terrell High School and Wood Intermediate School — along with the district overall are being rated as academically acceptable. Meanwhile Furlough Middle School and ...
2009-08-04 10:05:00
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