Canadian math students rank 7th in international study
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PARIS - Canadian math students are being outperformed by those six other countries, including Hong Kong and Finland, according to an international study.
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Welsh students are outperforming the rest of the UK as they receive their A-level results.
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"We will of course consult closely with Canada on this"  The vast majority of Canadians want this country's military mission in Afghanistan to end as scheduled in 2009, according to a new poll. via Canada.com
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For the second straight year, Harvard and Princeton universities share the top spot in the US News &amp; World Report rankings of &quot;America&#39;s Best Colleges.&quot; ...
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Most Canadians know so little about their own country that they would flunk the basic test that new immigrants are required to take before becoming citizens, according to a poll released on Friday.
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In recent testing by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Alberta teens placed in the top three for their scores in math, reading and science.
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SOUTH Australia&#39;s students have shown improvement in an international science and mathematics study last held a decade ago, and defied a national trend.
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The high school class of 2006 got stuck with a new, longer version of the SAT and didn't fare well on it. Average reading and math scores fell a total of seven points &#151; the sharpest decline in 31 years.
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Canada shoots 7-under 66 in the better-ball format and shares the lead with Italy after the first round of the Women's World Cup.
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Finland has topped the rankings in the Global Competitiveness Report for the third time in the last four years. The United States has maintained its second-place position.
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Despite some improvements in its education system, Germany has fallen behind other western nations, a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said. According to the OECD, 40-plus percent of young people in countries such as Denmark, Australia, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland complete university courses. The organization noted, however, that graduation rates tended to be "highest in countries where programs are of short duration.""By contrast, in Germany and Austria, where programs are longer, only 20 percent of young people get degrees," the OECD noted.
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Sifting through the best that Canada has to offer.
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Fourth- and eighth-grade American students still have work to do to catch up with their counterparts in Asian countries in math and science, international school officials reported Tuesday.
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Teenagers in Finland and Alberta rank at or near the top in international tests in math, science and reading, but that's where the similarities end.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canadians sold $1.2 billion worth of foreign securities in June, the first month since January they had done so, says Statistics Canada.
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Math and science education in the United States has improved only slightly since 1999 and lags far behind other countries, according to the results of
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Canadian high school students still rank among the world&#39;s best, but an international report says their grades are slipping. According to a 41-country study conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation