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Math in America

Weak Math? Try Math Week!

Colm Mulcahy | Posted 10.25.2012 | Home
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Why is it still considered socially acceptable to brag about how lousy one is in the subject? What does it say about society's attitude towards science and technology, in a country which used to be at the forefront in that arena?

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How To Fix Our 'Mediocre To Awful' Science Standards

| Posted 08.09.2012 | Science
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Americans have grown accustomed to bad news about student performance in math and science. On a 2009 study administered by the Organization for Econo...

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Numbers Game: America's Struggle To Make Math Fun

Reuters | Posted 06.11.2012 | Home
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By Stephanie Simon April 11 (Reuters) - Pity poor math. In the American drive to boost science and math education, it's...

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