Sentence examples for math course and from inspiring English sources

Nearly 31percentt have never taken a math course, and huge numbers of them cannot read and understand a simple set of directions.

Ahead of me was a leadership conference, an elective summer-long math course, and an internship at South Bronx Health Clinic.

Some of the students will go on to college math courses, and those who are seniors this year will take a class in math at New York University.

The economic education council and other organizations have been trying to persuade schools to include such classes, at least as part of math courses and other required classes.

Meanwhile, she took typing and business math courses and eventually got a job at a Manhattan insurance company and an apartment in the Bronx.

Mr. Mills's decision, which came after four days of rising clamor from principals, parents, lawmakers and members of the Board of Regents, allows local school authorities across New York to issue diplomas to seniors who failed the test but passed their math courses, and to certify that juniors who failed have passed the math graduation requirements.

MS. STROTHMAN didn't intend to end up a publisher: she went to college planning to be an archaeologist, was daunted by the required math courses, and graduated from Brown in 1972 with a degree in Russian studies and no job prospects.

She tackled a few math courses and realized that she enjoyed the learning experience.

Moreover, many come from schools that don't offer many advanced math courses and, consequently, they enter graduate school with limited academic preparation, adds Hughes.

The development and implementation of the UUSD math curriculum was occurring concurrently with a newly adopted policy for de-tracking students in their math courses and a commitment to universal access, particularly for English learners.

Jo Handelsman, a Yale University biologist and co-chair of the PCAST working group that produced the report, says it calls for "a national experiment" on the best way to eliminate remedial math courses and bring more students up to college standards.