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    Have you ever felt like you've peaked?

    MAY 21, 2012 9:43AM

    By greenmeadows912


    Topics: math, children, teaching

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    Why high-stakes testing ALSO wastes a lot of time

    APRIL 30, 2012 6:22AM

    By ManhattanWhiteGirl


    Topics: nycdoe, nyc, education, teaching, high-stakes testing, pineapplegate, standardized testing, middle school, elementary school, students, urban schools, nys, ela, test prep, math

    • 2 Ratings
    • 97 Views
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    infinite math

    APRIL 18, 2012 4:16PM

    By La Gringita


    Topics: you and me among the cosmos, space time fabric, equations, math, poetry

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    NEWS FLASH: New York Educators Reject Dinosaurs

    MARCH 27, 2012 1:08AM

    By Annie Keeghan


    Topics: education, textbooks, state testing, history, science, math, test items, exclusions

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    Afraid of Your Child's Math Textbook? You Should Be.

    FEBRUARY 17, 2012 12:19PM

    By Annie Keeghan


    Topics: textbook publishers, nctm, math standards, common core, textbook publishing, math, homework, math, educational publishing, education

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    Sometimes a Daft Notion

    JANUARY 28, 2012 8:00AM

    By Straight-No-Chaser Mom


    Topics: seattle, snow, school closures, homework, math, foster-adopt families, marriage, humor, true story

    • 6 Ratings
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    The "Ancients" Were Smarter Than You Think

    JANUARY 22, 2012 7:42PM

    By Douglas Moran


    Topics: classical civilization, roman empire, sports, math

    • 21 Ratings
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    The Meter and Me

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 10:49AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: metric system, life abroad, measurements, math, subway, subway in paris, benefits of globalization, history, meter marker, i am really really horrible at everyday life, sandwiches, education, expat problems, sandwiches, france, paris

    • 3 Ratings
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    Republicans Still Can't Do Math: "Redistribution of Wealth"

    AUGUST 18, 2011 2:35PM

    By Douglas Moran


    Topics: liberal policies, fox news, republicans, math, idiots

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    Grumps, Dreamers, Bean Counters, Cool Cats and Shills: The T

    MAY 13, 2011 1:19PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: economy, business news, math, investment banking, international development, hedge funds, economists, development, investment banks, stephen colbert, npr, economy, the daily show, the colbert report, daily show, colbert report

    • 8 Ratings
    • 595 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Bipolar Math-Admirer's Most Mortifying Experience

    MAY 1, 2011 10:54PM

    By James M. Emmerling


    Topics: bipolar, humor, math, open call, mortifying experience

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    Kids & Math: Some Symbols are More = Than Others

    APRIL 16, 2011 8:39PM

    By Beverly Akerman MSc


    Topics: math anxiety, math, children, research, canada, helen osana, sshrc, teaching

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    Another good idea (or two) from Ta-Nehisi Coates

    APRIL 1, 2011 12:09PM

    By Ann Gelder


    Topics: math, expert opinion, criticism, education

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    Married to Geometry

    MARCH 24, 2011 4:25PM

    By Cheryl Snell


    Topics: poem, cheryl snell, sade, love, math, geometry

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    • 589 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Variable Angle Reflections

    FEBRUARY 16, 2011 5:49PM

    By Jayne Guertin


    Topics: kurt vonnegut, reflections, belief/religion, health, family, friends, myth, magic, science, math

    • 6 Ratings
    • 375 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Who you calling Flat?

    FEBRUARY 7, 2011 12:26PM

    By Geraint Isitt


    Topics: the earth, math, the gods must be crazy

    • 8 Ratings
    • 433 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    S&M For Everyone

    JANUARY 31, 2011 1:48PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: student debt, pell grants, teaching degrees, schools charter schools, tutition, reform, education reform, unions, teachers, innovation, science and math, john boehner, barack obama, sotu, economics, middle-class debt, college, education, math, science

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    • 19 Ratings
    • 930 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Held Hostage by the Computer Revolution

    JANUARY 19, 2011 9:31AM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: math, www, world wide web, email, knowledge, education, school, science, programming, computers, internet

    • 0 Ratings
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    Chinese Exceptionalism?

    DECEMBER 8, 2010 11:21AM

    By Jessica Kelton


    Topics: education, chinese test scores, math, science, reading, education crisis, u.s. test scores

    • 9 Ratings
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    Saving the World With Mathematics

    OCTOBER 26, 2010 3:36PM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: iterative, calculus, numbers, tanks, war, world war 2, world war ii, statistics, economics, politics, science, mathematics, math

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