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...Eastern Europe and Asia, on the other hand, place higher emphasis on rewarding mathematical skills, creating cultures that value progress and achievement in math far more than we do in the United States. Requiring that students merely perform just well enough to make the grade provides little motive to excel. In America, it seems, this paradigm holds true. The study suggests that while many girls have exceptional talent in math—the ability to become recognized math researchers, scientists, and engineers—they are rarely encouraged or applauded in the United States. Indicative of this American apathy toward...
...Administration, which he has accused of everything from mishandling foreign policy to promoting a fiscal strategy that caused the economic crisis gripping the country. But the economist - whom the Nobel committee recognized for his "analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity," which helps explain why certain countries excel in international trade - has long been considered one of the brightest lights of the dismal science. He will receive $1.4 million for the award, which will be given in Stockholm...
...center of it all was investment banking, whose promise of six-figure starting salaries and eight-figure executive bonuses compelled hundreds of graduates to suffer through 80—hour workweeks spent hunched over an Excel spreadsheet...
Tucked between a Rite-Aid drug store and an overgrown field, the converted bank building in New Orient Heights seems unremarkable to me. But the East Boston building is actually home to the Excel Academy, a charter school headed by Teach for America alumni that has played a significant role in improving middle school education since it was founded...
...that time, the one overcrowded middle school in the area had some of the worst test scores in the city. Today, Excel is one of Boston’s leading public schools. In an area where many students never even dream of going to college, Excel regularly sends its students to top high schools that feed into selective universities...