Archive for March, 2008

WASL - MATH = WA-Sup?

Monday, March 17th, 2008

unknown: Instead of taking the state-approved, covers-all-bases math WASL exam, kids finish up their sophomore year and take an exit exam on that class. Maybe it’s geometry, maybe it’s Algebra, but they have to pass. … Read more

87 on Math Exam!

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Homework Helper: I got an 87 on my last Math Exam! Horray! That means I’m getting an 83ish overall in the class, which I am quite content with…..for the moment, hopefully I can keep this trend of increasing exam grades…and get an A in April Share and Enjoy: These icons ...

New Carbon Calculus: What's Our Meatprint?

Monday, March 17th, 2008

unknown: BYOM—bring your own meat—is the strategy the US Olympic committee plans to implement this summer in Beijing. Wary of steroid-laden proteins from China, US Olympians are relying on Tyson Foods to send them 25000 pounds of American … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can ...

TCY seeks subject-experts

Monday, March 17th, 2008

David M. Quintana: As part of its big expansion plans and beef up its faculty division, Top Careers & You (TCY) is currently scouting for subject-experts in Math, Science and English. This North India’s premier education organization, engaged in test … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where ...

Cubs Calculus

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Catherine Johnson: They haven’t won a world series in 100 years, have had only nine winning seasons since 1980, and seem maddeningly prone to bad luck. But the Chicago Cubs are one of the most beloved teams in baseball, and ever since Sam Zell, … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to ...

The Pi day scribe

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Clutch: Well, a certainly enjoyable pi day it was. Lots of treats and Friday!. Doesn’t get much better than that. With all the celebrating, we didn’t do very much. We learned, the slope fields were the graphs of the parent function. … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites ...

"You Can't Teach A Hungry Child Algebra"

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Yvonne: I’ve heard it said that William Booth talked about the idea that it is difficult to preach the Gospel to someone with an empty stomach. This sentiment was mirrored in the words of Arne Duncan (the current Chicago Public School … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking ...

You Can't Feed A Hungry Child Algebra

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Yvonne: William Booth often talked about the idea that you can’t preach the gospel to an empty stomach. This week, the news has been showcasing the Chicago Public School system’s tentative plan to open boarding schools for at risk and homeless … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites ...

Algebra and Arithmetic Education

Monday, March 17th, 2008

April: Why is algebra so hard to learn? Because it’s so abstract. No other high school subject is as disconnected from the real world. When students open their algebra textbook, they enter into a world of pure ideas, with page after page of … Share and Enjoy: These icons link to ...

Scribe #1

Monday, March 17th, 2008

unknown: K splitting everyone into groups of two or three students, with each group having at least one AP calculus student. Mr. K wanted the AP calc students to be the teachers and the intro calc students to be attentive and learn what the AP … Read more