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Girls Take Top Science Honors for 1st Time

Dec 5, 2007 6:40 PM CST

Girls Take Top Science Honors for 1st Time

They beat the boys in prestigious Siemens contest

(Newser) - For the first time in the 9-year-old contest, high school girls have won both top honors at the Siemens Competition in science. The individual prize of $100,000 went to a Pennsylvania girl whose research into bone growth was deemed to be at graduate student level by the judges. She...

$US Kids Lag in Math, Science$

US Kids Lag in Math, Science

Dec 4, 2007 8:30 PM CST

US Kids Lag in Math, Science

International test puts US teens 17th among 30 countries

(Newser) - American teens are worse at math and science than peers in 16 of 30 countries, according to test results released today. The 5,600 US students who took the test last year scored 24th in math, but almost made average in science. "How are our children going to be...

US Schools Not in Dire Decline, Study Says

Oct 27, 2007 5:37 PM CDT

US Schools Not in Dire Decline, Study Says

Report blasts myth of kids lagging in math, science, reading

(Newser) - Despite dire warnings, US students rank well against worldwide peers in math, science, and reading, according to a new study. In fact US scores are rising, and students are graduating with more science and engineering diplomas than the US market can sustain. So why all of the hullabaloo about US...

$Why US Math, Science Ed is OK$

Why US Math, Science Ed is OK

Oct 26, 2007 11:50 AM CDT

Why US Math, Science Ed is OK

Writer cites against-the-grain report ranking US in second place globally

(Newser) - Americans aren’t as deficient at math and science as usually reported, writes entrepreneur and Harvard Law Fellow Vivek Wadhwa in a Business Week op-ed. He cites an Urban Institute report with results contradicting many long-held beliefs about American science education, which places American science students consistently second in the...

$4th Grade Math Scores Add Up$

4th Grade Math Scores Add Up

Sep 26, 2007 11:35 AM CDT

4th Grade Math Scores Add Up

20% more students proficient in math than in 1990

(Newser) - American elementary school students have improved their math skills considerably, with 20% more fourth graders scoring "proficient" on standardized math tests than in 1990, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Reading skills show more modest gains. The number of students scoring proficient in reading has increased only...

Mum's Almost The Word for Endangered Languages

Sep 19, 2007 5:10 AM CDT

Mum's Almost The Word for Endangered Languages

Native American speech among vanishing

(Newser) - A language dies about every two weeks and thousands are at risk, warned linguists, who yesterday identified five global hotspots where languages are most endangered. Several native American languages are dying out in the Southwest and regions including British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Indigenous communication is also vanishing in rural...

15-Year-Old Frosh Enters UPenn

Sep 3, 2007 3:33 PM CDT

15-Year-Old Frosh Enters UPenn

(Newser) - Brittney Exline is just 15, but Wednesday she begins her Ivy League career at UPenn. The Colorado Springs native started sixth grade at age 8, and finished high school math at 13, the AP reports. "Her motivation, discipline and maturity provided clear evidence that, despite her age, she was...

Schools Cater to Tech-Enamored Students

Jul 31, 2007 6:33 PM CDT

Schools Cater to Tech-Enamored Students

New teaching, learning styles may spell an end to lectures

(Newser) - An increasing number of colleges and universities are using new Web applications to engage a generation of students eager to collaborate—and strut their stuff—on the Internet. Blogs, wikis, and other collaborative tools are being used as more than just empty Web 2.0 buzzwords, CNET reports; they allow...