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Local High School finishes second in National Science Competition

  • National Science Bowl
  • April 30, 2012
North Hollywood High School, typically a strong performing magnet school placed second place in the highly competitive National Science Bowl on...
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LAUSD, why is your Math program designed to fail most students?

A fifth grade classoom. 35 students; one teacher who cannot possibly give every student the assistance or the positive encouragement that they need...
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Legacy's Beacon Program

  • Legacy Beacon Homeschool Program
  • January 14, 2012
I am constantly amazed at all the wonderful educational opportunities we have at our disposal as Santa Clarita homeschoolers. These opportunities...
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Why do I need to learn math?

  • Why learn math
  • December 6, 2011
Dear LA Teacher,I’m in the 8th grade at Van Nuys Middle School. I don’t mind most of my classes, but I hate math. When I grow up I plan...
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Weekend Websites #78: 46 Online Math Sites for 4th/5th Grade

Here's a long list of math websites geared to fourth and fifth grade. I put them on my class internetstart page and let kids pick during sponge...
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Weekend website #33: Wild on Math

Drop by every week (sometimes more often) to discover what wonderful website my classes and parents loved this week. I think you’ll find they...
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Can your 5th grader do this?

Math has changed over the year. Or should I say, our expectations of our students in the area of math has changed. Read this (thanks, Jeff, for...
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Games Summer Camp

READY, SET, ROLL! Games Summercamp (Ages 8-12) Some of your old favorites with a new twist as well as some other newer educational games will be...
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New Year's teaching ideas

In my last article, I referred to the fact that life is learning and so I thought it might be helpful to give some practical suggestions for...
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Phi - the golden number where mathematics and the mystical meet

One common claim about art is that it is highly subjective. When we look at a painting, many people conceive that an artist's personal eye tends to...
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