Magsanoc: An attempt to explain the K+12 program
23 May 2012, 12:50 pm
THE government has launched the new education program in the country. It is called the Enhance K + 12 Basic Education Program. Many people are not yet properly informed. Many people still have doubts. I say, that’s fine. It is an overwhelming task to explain but I’ll try. I am a teacher at St. Mary’s School of Sagada. Our school is one of the pilot schools for this new program. Our Headmaster ...

Clock is ticking for Eden Prairie's Olympic hopeful
22 May 2012, 9:35 pm
The Olympic swimming trials are approaching, and 18-year-old Rachel Bootsma has put in the work. Now she's looking for any edge to make her fractions of a second faster.

Today’s math vocabulary exposes generational divide
20 May 2012, 6:56 pm
Interested in helping your child with math homework? You might need a math-English dictionary. There’s not a lot of “borrowing” in subtraction these days. Instead there’s “regrouping” or “decomposing.” “Reduced” fractions are now “simplified” or simply “equivalent” fractions. And let’s call a “diamond” what it really is, please: a “rhombus.” Read full article >>

Growing number of Ontario college students need help in grade school math, study finds
19 May 2012, 8:43 pm
Thousands of first-year students at Ontario community colleges are taking catch-up courses in basic math skills they should have learned in grades 6, 7 and 8.

Speedy Bodemeister no lock to win at Preakness
18 May 2012, 7:16 pm
OK, we get that Bodemeister set blazing fractions in the Kentucky Derby - the kind that would have fried a lesser horse - and still held on for second. It was a performance that has prompted most experts to declare him...

Changes in criteria could limit autism treatment
16 May 2012, 5:56 pm
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS — Nine-year-old Alex Arrington considers himself a Lego master. This third-grader is great, in fact, with just about any methodical subject. "Science, but I'm best at math," Alex said. "I like fractions." Socially, it's a different story. "He hasn't been invited to many birthday parties or anything like that," admits his mother, Debbie Arrington. "He's better now, but he was ...

Bodemeister headed to Pimlico for Preakness Stakes 2012
14 May 2012, 10:18 am
Preakness and Kentucky Derby racing news Racing blog by Jennie Rees Bodemeister, the Kentucky Derby runner-up who set the fastest early fractions for any horse to hit the board in the fabled race, is headed to Pimlico for Saturday's 137th Preakness Stakes, said trainer Bob Baffert and owner Ahmed Zayat

First-graders compete in math challenge
12 May 2012, 3:29 am
Nearly 30 first-graders from Southwest Elementary School and six more from Cannon Elementary School tackled story problems, progressive computation, multiplication, fractions and even algebra like pros Friday morning.

The Rail: Derby Start Made for a Sprint, a Finish Made for Closing
6 May 2012, 1:57 pm
Fast early fractions were expected in the Kentucky Derby, but perhaps not as fast as Bodemeister provided.

Kentucky Derby 2012 Results: I'll Have Another Runs Down Bodemeister
5 May 2012, 7:14 pm
In yet another thrilling finish, I'll Have Another ran down Arkansas Derby winner Bodemeister, in 2:01.83, to win the 138th Kentucky Derby. At 15-to-1 odds, I'll Have Another paid $32.60 for every two dollars wagered on him to win. I'll Have Another, trained by Doug O'Neill and ridden by Mario Gutierrez stalked early blistering fractions and caught Bodemeister deep in the stretch, who finished ...