Our kids losing ground in math, science
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OTTAWA -- Canadian students have slipped in the rankings of an international test in reading, math and science, dropping out of the top five in math and science.
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More high school students than ever are studying physics.
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American and European schoolchildren are losing ground to countries such as China and India that are adapting faster to changing needs and producing more of the high-skilled workers the 21st century demands, a new report says.
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Mathematics education seems to be very subject to passing trends - surprisingly more so than many other subjects. The most notorious are, of course, the rise of New Math in the 60s and 70s, and the corresponding backlash against it in the late 70s and 80s. It turns out that mathematics education, at least in the US, is now subject to a new trend, and it doesn't appear to be a good one.
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For many, Sputnik was proof that Americaâs science education, had fallen behind. But, since then, how far have we come?
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Standards in basic maths and reading among seven-year olds in England show no improvement, while fewer attain expected writing skills.
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The basic academic abilities of Japanese elementary and junior high school students in science have been declining over the past few years, according to an international student assessment test released Wednesday.
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U.S. eighth-graders are gaining on their peers across the globe in science and math, but fourth-graders are being passed as their test scores remain stagnant, according to an international review of school performance.
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Teachers are going to have to make some changes.
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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Children are arriving for their first day at school less able to read, write, add up or play than a year ago, a series of national tests has shown.
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First-of-its kind study shows that the US lags behind many other nations in real-life math skills.
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By Joshua Palmer, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho  Mar. 1--BOISE -- Idaho may soon receive the money it needs to increase math and science requirements, but educators say there will not be enough qualified instructors to teach the subjects.
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American eighth-grade students have made gains in math and science compared with their worldwide counterparts, but performance at the fourth-grade level appears to have reached a plateau, according to a major international study released yesterday.
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Students who use computers a lot at school have worse maths and reading performance, research suggests.
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One in 14 adults cannot answer a maths question aimed at eight-year-old children, a survey suggests.
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A new study suggests that older children tend to have higher IQs than their younger siblings. Now scientists just have to figure out why.