Sentence examples for math literacy from inspiring English sources

For Mr. Moses, a devotee of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, math literacy, as he calls it, is almost a religion.

They are being tested twice -- once at the beginning of the year and once at the end -- on measures of math, literacy and vocabulary skills.

In his camp are those who say students need to concentrate on basics like math, literacy and history to prepare for college and the jobs of the future, rather than learning a narrow technical craft.

Omowale, 28, is spearheading the Young People's Project, an echo of the civil rights movement in which 150 teenagers act as "math literacy workers," singing the prime number rap and helping run camps and workshops.

The report cited a number of troubling international comparisons, including a 2007 assessment finding that 15-year-olds in the United States ranked 25th among their peers in 30 developed nations in math literacy and problem solving.

Barbara Ervin, principal of Eighteenth Avenue School, where 92 percent of the 260 students are poor enough to qualify for free or reduced lunches, said the schools had already begun to share ideas and work together to revise math, literacy and science lessons to focus on fewer concepts with more depth.

The schools also got math and literacy coaches and smart boards, along with the new curricula.

And South African students perform poorly in math and literacy in comparison with other middle-income countries.

Mr. Guiso compared math and literacy performance with a gender gap index developed by the World Economic Forum in Geneva.

To support them, the principal, Joanna Belcher, placed two teachers in each kindergarten class and in each math and literacy class in grades one through three.

His state has cut $100 million from its summer school and early childhood budgets, including a math and literacy program for 4-year-olds from low-income families.