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SDR cuts point to grim future (The Rhinelander Daily News) As the discussion surrounding the School District of Rhinelander’s (SDR) forecasted budget cuts becomes more and more concrete, the impact they will have on the district’s schools is coming into focus. On Tuesday night, Rhinelander High School (RHS) Principal Terry Fondow introduced a preliminary short list of cuts to parents and students that would dramatically alter the school’s educational ... us.rd.yahoo.com
More Education Pages (Heritage Foundation) For decades, federal policymakers have tried to implement education reforms to improve opportunities for disadvantaged students and ethnic-minority children. us.rd.yahoo.com
Acclaims and a shame for Jan. 5, 2009 (The Facts) Virtual learning is the real deal for high school students in Columbia-Brazoria ISD. Sena Yates, the district’s curriculum director, said a $200,000 Rural Technology Grant in 2007 funded the purchase of OdysseyWare, which allows students to take courses online on their own. us.rd.yahoo.com
Gujarat's nine-year-old girl wizard solves mathematical problems in seconds (New Kerala) By Ami Sharma,Anand (Gujarat), Jan 5 : Payal Merja, a nine-year-old girl from Anand in Gujarat, has impressed everyone by solving complex mathematical problems in seconds. us.rd.yahoo.com
Business Respect - CSR Dispatches No 144 - 5 Jan 2009 (Mallenbaker.net) An email newsletter with news and discussion focusing on corporate social responsibility globally, looking at the companies in the news and the emerging issues. us.rd.yahoo.com
Mathematicians see formula for success in film (Albany Times Union) For the past five years, Glens-Falls-based numerical theorists Pete Pythagoras, Dewi Decimal and Albert Gorithm IV of the Mathematicians have schooled their audiences on angular rhythms, parallel lyrics and the absolute value of danceable electro-rock. The albums "Level I" and "Level II" have given us the political rap of "Weapons of Math Instruction," the neosoul heartache of "What's the ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Mariah Carey told off by Scientists for E=MC2 claims (Yahoo! Music via Yahoo! News) Scientists have criticized Mariah Carey's mathematics skills, after she appropriated Albert Einstein's mass-energy equivalence formula for an album title. us.rd.yahoo.com
Albert Einstein (Business Standard India) All things being equal, why do some people achieve much more than others? Is it because they have extraordinarily innate talent? Or they have worked harder? us.rd.yahoo.com
Honour for Royal Society luminary (BBC News) Prof Martin Taylor, vice president of the Royal Society, heads the list of scientists recognised in the New Year Honours. us.rd.yahoo.com
Carey's math mistake (WSYR 9 Syracuse) Mariah Carey's decision to call her album E=MC2 doesn't add up - leading mathematicians insist she "misread" the meaning behind Albert Einstein's famous formula. The Hero hitmaker used Einstein's mass-energy equivalence sum as the title of her 2008 LP. In interviews to promote the record, the singer's eleventh studio release, Carey told reporters she re-interpreted the equation to stand ... us.rd.yahoo.com
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