Spellers en route to Md.
Championship spellers are coming to Md. for the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 27-29. Finals are Thursday night @ 8 Eastern.
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Big dinosaur fossils discovered in Argentina
New dinosaurs discovered in Argentina may be the first discovery of the largest creature ever to walk the face of the Earth.
Bosnia experiences worst flooding in at least 120 years
A weather disaster has flooded parts of Serbia and Bosnia, leaving at least 43 dead and thousands homeless or without power.
Should calculators be allowed during student testing?
As the UK is set to ban calculator use on math tests in certain grade levels, we take a fresh look at their use on tests in the US.
Don’t use student test scores to evaluate teachers
Statisticians are warning against using value-added models and student test data to evaluate teachers. Here's another published report.
Ore. 1st graders grow lettuce, feed classmates
Students learned about math, the plant life cycle, and nutrition as they grew lettuce for use in their school cafeteria.
Printing a pink prosthetic arm for a girl, 13
Students at Washington University in St Louis used a 3D printer to make a prosthetic arm for a 13-year-old girl, making it pink at her request.
VAM may be unfair in FL, but it’s constitutional
The use of standardized test scores to evaluate teachers may be unfair and unwise, but a federal judge in Florida didn't find anything unconstitutional about it.
Math can help make mobile maps easier to read
Researchers at a German university have developed mathematical algorithms that will reduce the clutter on smartphone maps.
Climate change is already happening in the US
A climate change report came out on May 6, and it blames most of our climate issues on human activities like greenhouse gas emissions.