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Report: Girls are equal to math test
Chicago Tribune reportersDesiree Epps-Davis, 14, says she struggles every day to convince some teachers at her Chicago public school that she is just as good at math as the boys in her class. Now a major new study has proved her right. Researchers comparing the math scores of 7...Tags: Family, Chicago Public Schools, Colleges and Universities, Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Math scores for girls and boys no different, study finds
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe notion that boys are better than girls at math simply doesn't add up, according to a study being published Friday in the journal Science. An analysis of standardized test scores from more than 7.2 million students in grades 2 through 11 found no...Tags: National Government, Colleges and Universities, Government, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Standarized Testing
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Hornsby guilty of corruption
Sun reporterAfter four years of investigations, two trials and a determined effort by federal prosecutors, former Prince George's County schools Superintendent Andre J. Hornsby was found guilty yesterday of six of the 22 counts of corruption with which he was...Tags: Corruption, Imperial and Royal Matters, Trials, Punishment, Corporate Crime
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SEC Notes: Tebow wants to work on decision-making
Sentinel Staff WriterTim Tebow is going to the NFL. Relax. It's just for research. Instead of relying on his shoulder-lowering ways this season, Tebow plans to channel what makes certain NFL quarterbacks great. "That's what separates Tom Brady and Peyton Manning from every...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Percy Harvin, Tiger Woods, Florida Gators, Peyton Manning
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Wantagh boosters ahead of plan on fundraising goal
john.hildebrand@newsday.comBarely a month after launching their fundraising campaign, Wantagh parents and other school boosters say they have collected more than half the record $650,000 sought to save district sports teams and extracurricular activities. The more than $334,000...Tags: Elections, Family, Campaign Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Long Island
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Villaraigosa seeks to build Latino support for Obama
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen a Spanish-language radio ad slammed presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama for just discovering the "importance of the Latino vote," his campaign called on Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to knock the attack down. Villaraigosa issued a public...Tags: Values, Pets and Pet Supplies, Dupont E I Nemours & Company, Tom Bradley, Minority Groups
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Testing group reveals why it voided AP exams of about 400 students at O.C. high school
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs a south Orange County high school made plans Wednesday for a mass retesting, the nonprofit group that administers the Advanced Placement exams offered a disturbing picture of the proctoring environment in May that led it to void the tests of nearly 400...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Trials, Lawyers, New Services, Examinations
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5 UCF running backs will get a chance to shine
UCF's search for a running back to fill the shoes of standout Kevin Smith (left) took a new twist this week. Knights Coach George O'Leary released a statement to Fox Sports 35 that junior Phillip Smith has been dismissed from the team for violating team...Tags: Brandon Davis, Kevin Smith, George O'Leary
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Hartford Charter School Secures Funding, Plans August Opening
Courant Staff WriterJennifer Jackson finally had good news for her daughter, Raeyah: Her new school, the much-anticipated Achievement First Hartford Academy, will open next month after all. The 10-year-old took it with an adult dose of skepticism. "Are you sure?" she...Tags: Mark Twain, Charter Schools, Family, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Jodi Rell
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The New York Four: NYC 101
Writer/artist Brian Wood knows New York City.
The Brooklynite has turned the city into a major character in the ongoing comic book, "DMZ," which he writes for DC Comics' mature-audience imprint, Vertigo. With his new all-ages book, "The New York Four,"...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Gramercy, Inwood, Upper West Side, Colleges and Universities
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