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[Maths]: Carolyn Abbott, The Worst 8th Grade Math Teacher In New York City, Victim Of Her Own Success
May 16th, 2012

For 10 months, Carolyn Abbott waited for the other shoe to drop. In April 2011, Abbott, who teaches mathematics to seventh- and eighth-graders at the Anderson School, a citywide gifted-and-talented school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, received some startling news.

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  • [Maths]: Scoring of State Math and Reading Tests Is Almost Complete
    May 14th, 2012

    More than 5,000 New York City teachers have been assigned to score the state math and reading exams. The work happens at several sites around the city during the school day, which means students are without their regular classroom teachers for several days at a time.

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    May 14th, 2012

    This question is about Apple and #39;s tax rate.

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  • [Maths]: Foreign Language Math Tests Had Problems, Too
    May 9th, 2012

    The discredited questions just keep mounting: The Daily News reports on Wednesday that foreign language versions of the state math exams that were administered at the end of April had translation errors, and the state has said they will not grade 20 questions.

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  • [Maths]: Sex-in-cupboard maths teacher struck off
    May 8th, 2012

    A TEACHER who had sex with two pupils in a school cupboard has been struck off the register of teachers.

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  • [Maths]: and #39;Green and #39; lawsuits costing taxpayers millions- Taxpayers may foot bill for USPS bailout- Taxpayer calculator: What would …
    May 8th, 2012

    In this 1999 photograph, the Wyoming Range is seen. The state and #39;s largest roadless area had been targeted for oil and gas leasing, but those efforts were withdrawn due to Congressional action.

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  • [Maths]: When maths was a doodle: How the Ancient Egypts used pictograms to count instead of numbers
    May 8th, 2012

    If Ancient Egyptians needed to buy a half measure of grain, they would just draw the outer part of the eye. If they wanted an eighth, they would draw just the eyebrow.

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  • [Maths]: J.D. Rothman: Calculator Shopping, the Night Before the SAT
    May 5th, 2012

    What time does Staples close, in case your child can and #39;t locate his TI-183 calculator the night before the SAT exam’ What is the ACT’

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  • [Maths]: Former math teacher, in jail for notorious 1966 slaying of western Pa. teen, commits suicide
    May 3rd, 2012

    A coroner says a western Pennsylvania man behind bars for a notorious 1966 murder has committed suicide in his state prison cell in Greene County.

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  • [Maths]: Pupils want more real-life maths
    May 2nd, 2012

    Maths lessons are seen as difficult, irrelevant and boring by about a third of teenagers, a survey suggests.

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