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education

Illiteracy is hitting America hard

I have been frequenting online forums recently and was struck by how often people use "would of" (instead of would have) and "his" (instead of he's or he is). Come on! This is not a simple typo, to me it shows a lack of any understanding of the basic structures in your own language. Something needs to be done with the education in this country. Now!

Girls match boys on tests in math: study

Despite persistent stereotypes, girls in the United States now perform just as well as boys on standardized tests in math, U.S. researchers said on Thursday (source Reuters), "There just aren't gender differences any more in math performance," said University of Wisconsin-Madison psychology professor Janet Hyde, whose study was published in the journal Science. read more »