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Exploratorium, Math Fans Celebrate Pi Day
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) – San Francisco’s Exploratorium and math enthusiasts around the world are celebrating all things Pi on Wednesday. Pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter,...
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KCBS Cover Story: Cyber High Not Preparing Some Students For College
Part 3 of Doug Sovern’s KCBS Cover Story series on online high school classes. | Part 1 | Part 2 HAYWARD (KCBS) – California high schools are graduating students in record numbers, thanks in part to...
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Bay Area Math Enthusiasts Set To Celebrate Pi Day
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Numerical celebrations are planned throughout the Bay Area for the mathematical Pi Day on Thursday. Pi Day is celebrated on the 14th day of the third month, which aligns with...
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Alameda Non-Profit Gets $900K Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Grant...
ALAMEDA (CBS SF) — Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, announced Thursday a federal grant of nearly $900,000 for an Alameda-based organization that helps to close the gender gap for women and girls in...
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Stanford Math Professor Becomes First Woman To Win Fields Medal
STANFORD (CBS SF) – A Stanford professor has become the first woman ever to win the Fields medal, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for mathematics. Professor Maryam Mirzakhani will be recognized for...
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‘No Fake Math,’ Raytheon Math Heroes Make Numbers Real For Students
Photo Credit Thinkstock This article is supplied and sponsored by Raytheon Math teachers wielding lollipops and PlayDoh props, configuring 60,000 pennies in a parking lot and channeling Beyonce’s...
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STEM Education & Why President Obama Has Made It An Educational Priority
Photo Credit Thinkstock Innovation drives the U.S. economy, and employees with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills have become a hot commodity in post-recession America. Between...
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Engineering A Love For Science In Kids
Photo Credit ThinkstockThis article is supplied and sponsored by Raytheon Kevin Jarrett isn’t your typical computer teacher. His students build walls from clay, sand and water. They design parachutes...
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Engineer Urges Girls To Smash Stereotypes
Photo Credit Thinkstock This article is supplied and sponsored by Raytheon The painted line on the playground made the boundaries clear: Girls on one side, boys on the other. Anybody who crossed got a...
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Extra-Curricular Programs In California Contribute To STEM Careers
This article is presented in partnership with CA Lottery. Where can an inquisitive nine-year-old watch a robo-3D printer create a keychain of his own design, a squeamish 10-year-old learn the proper...
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Once In A Lifetime Math Moment On Saturday’s Pi Day, ‘3/14/15 At 9:26 a.m.’
(CBS SF) — March 14th has been known as Pi Day ever since math promoters realized the fun that could be had with the date, but in 2015, Pi Day really is significant as the mathematical moment of...
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California Educator Changes Common Core Math Attitudes
(Photo Credit: Thinkstock) This article is presented in partnership with CA Lottery. Math is a term that often strikes intimidation and anxiety into the hearts of many students. Even as adults, people...
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Teenagers Create Free Program To Teach Other Kids Computer Coding
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) Most high school students would rather spend their summer vacations far away from the classroom. But Jefferson Award winners Vineet Kosaraju and Nikhil Cheerla are choosing to go back...
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Math Tutoring Program Boosts Kids’ Grades And Confidence
SAN MATEO (KPIX 5) When it comes to variables, coefficients, and irrational numbers, Reverend Marlyn Bussey can relate to the kids she’s helping. “I was dreadful in math!” she remembered. “I was an A...
View Article‘It’s Rude!’: 4th-Grader Refuses To Answer Math Homework Problem About Girls’...
MURRAY, Utah (CBS Local) — The mother of a Utah fourth-grader said she was “shocked” by a math problem included in her daughter’s homework assignment, which she says sheds light on young girls’ body...
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