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Top Ed-Tech Companies Gather at the 2012 SIIA Ed Tech Business Forum

Tanyella Evans | Posted 12.05.2012 | Technology
Read More: University, Numeracy, Literacy, SIIA Ed Tech Forum, Education, Mit, Apps, Digital Learning, Social Entrepreneurship, Achievement Gap, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Students, Classroom, Technology News
Tanyella Evans

The software captured the rhythm and cadence of the sentences it read, and sounded scarily similar to my fourth-grade teacher (which I guess is modern progress).

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Weak Math? Try Math Week!

Colm Mulcahy | Posted 10.25.2012 | Home
Read More: Math in America, Maths Outreach, Maths in Ireland, Math Outreach, Math Education, Math in Schools, Numeracy, Quantitative Literacy, Home News
Colm Mulcahy

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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The Problem Is Relative

H. Gilbert Welch | Posted 08.21.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Medical Care, Health, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Misleading Statistics, Numeracy, Healthy Living Health News, Health Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Perception, Health Risk Assessment, Healthy Living News
H. Gilbert Welch

Numerous studies have shown that the general public has exaggerated perceptions of the health risks they face -- as well as exaggerated expectations of the benefit of medical care.

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The Global Search for Education: Australia on the Move

C. M. Rubin | Posted 08.14.2011 | Home
Read More: Australia National Basketball League, Oecd, Arne Duncan, The Global Achievement Gap, Geelong College, Vicki Abeles, PISA Test, Race to Nowhere, Professor Barry McGaw, Karen Duncan, Council of Education Ministers, The Role of the Arts in School Curricula, The Role of Ethics in School Education, Australia's Links With Asia, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 21st Century Skills, Australia's Links With the United Kingdom, Numeracy, My School Website, Literacy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures, Australian Curriculum, Acara, Global Education, C. M. Rubin, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, The Global Search for Education: Australia on the Move, The Real Alice in Wonderland Book, World-Wisdom, Home News
C. M. Rubin

Australia is on the Move! Professor Barry McGaw, Chair of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), has a brand new national curriculum to explain.

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