Word: math
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...This lottery idea may backfire on the administration." remarked Cartright, a conservative math major from Missouri. "We low numbers are being radicalized...
Although neither side is willing to reveal all the details of specific proposals, they seem to be moving toward an agreement to establish a formal training program for helpers, perhaps one including not only job-skill training, but also any reading, math, or other basic skill training needed by workers...
Every day during soccer season for the past 14 years, freshman soccer coach Dana Getchell '53 has taught Math at the Manter Hall School above Elsie's until noon, then headed for the practice field. He remains there until darkness drives him away...
...called them a "tightly knit bunch of righties." Many indignant teachers pointed to a 1967 government report showing that over the past two decades, eleven-year-olds have increased the rate at which they learn to read by more than 24%. Meanwhile, a new stress on writing and new math has livened up teaching throughout the country. The loudest reaction, perhaps, came from Education Secretary Edward Short who declared: "The publication of the Black Paper was one of the blackest days for education in the last 100 years...
Nevertheless, the omission of math aptitude is a reversal in emphasis from the testing policies around 1959, at the height of the satellite race. That year the testing office drew up a completely different PRL formula for scientists because, Whitla said, "We felt the present PRL formula might be unfair to them...