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Math Scores Show No Gap for Girls, Study Finds - New York Times dBTechnoMath Scores Show No Gap for Girls, Study FindsNew York Times - Jul 24, 2008By TAMAR LEWIN Three years after the president of Harvard, Lawrence H. Summers, got into trouble for questioning women’s “intrinsic aptitude” for science and engineering - and 16 y Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Study: Girls Close Gender Gap in Math New research shows that girls score just as high as boys on math tests. Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Economist: girls actually better than boys at maths Shows no sign of it herself, however Update An economist in America has published research stating that girls have at least as much innate mathematical ability as boys. Paola Sapienza contends that the fact of girls almost always doing worse in maths exams results mainly from sexual discriminatio Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Documents: Sect married girls at puberty
(AP) AP - A polygamist compound with hundreds of children was rife with sexual abuse, child welfare officials allege in court documents, with girls spiritually married to much older men as soon as they reached puberty and boys groomed to perpetuate the cycle. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Third of girls 'have self-harmed' A third of UK girls and a fifth of boys aged 11 to 19 have tried to harm themselves, a survey suggests. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Study: 26 percent of female teens have a sexually transmitted disease - San Jose Mercury News MedHeadlinesStudy: 26 percent of female teens have a sexually transmitted diseaseSan Jose Mercury News - 5 hours agoBy Julie Sevrens Lyons A first-of-its-kind federal study showing 26 percent of American female teens have at least one sexually transmitted disease broug Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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5 IT skills that won't boost your salary Technical skills may never die, but areas of expertise wane in importance as technology advances force companies to evolve and IT staff to forsake yesterday's craft in favor of tomorrow's must-have talent."There Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Study of '94 Adoption Law Finds Little Benefit to Blacks - Washington Post eFluxMediaStudy of '94 Adoption Law Finds Little Benefit to BlacksWashington Post - 2 hours agoBy Darryl Fears A 1994 federal law that paved the way for more white adults to adopt black children has left many parents ill-equipped for the situation and has not achieved t Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Brain training game aids kids' learning skills, study claims DS Lite sales to soar A daily 20-minute ‘brain training’ session on the DS Lite appears to help improve kids' learning and behaviour skills, according to research conducted by government educational body Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS).… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Girls Love Linux Tech Source From Bohol: "If you think that Linux is only 'for the boys,' then think again..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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McCain opposes equal pay bill in Senate - The Associated Press Washington PostMcCain opposes equal pay bill in SenateThe Associated Press - 2 hours agoNEW ORLEANS (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain, campaigning through poverty-stricken cities and towns, said Wednesday he opposes a Senate bill that seeks equal pay for women because Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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The Democratic Math The Washington Post's Paul Kane: "We've done a bad job of explaining this, but it is now basically mathematically impossible for either Clinton or Obama to win the nomination through the regular voting process (meaning the super-delegates decide this one, baby!). "Here's the math. The Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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BT: A case study in agile programming In 2005, BT Group began replacing an aging Unix-based phone-traffic monitoring system with a Web-centric architecture. The intent: To allow traffic managers to make quicker changes to switches and other physical devices to handle shifts in network loads -- on any poin Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Girls Removed From Jeffs-Built Compound - The Associated Press KOMOGirls Removed From Jeffs-Built CompoundThe Associated Press - 2 hours agoELDORADO, Texas (AP) - Child welfare officials following up on an abuse complaint took custody of 18 girls Friday who lived at a secretive West Texas religious retreat built by polygamist lead Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Change urged over equal pay Equal pay legislation needs radical change if women are to get a fair deal quickly, an equality watchdog warns. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Silverlight's link to Microsoft developer skills touted Silverlight, Microsoft's cross-browser plug-in technology for rich multimedia experiences, is making the rounds as an alternative to Adobe Systems's rival Flash platform. Early observers and users of Silverlight at the MIX08 conference in Las Vegas last week emphasize Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Obama, Clinton on Equal Footing in Indiana "With a demographic landscape that's well-suited to both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Indiana is shaping up to be the most consequential battleground of the remaining states," The Politico notes."Obama and Clinton have traded the lead in Indiana polls, but there have been few relia Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Why SaaS could make your IT skills irrelevant Tom Clement has reinvented his career before. In 1984, he realized working in technology would suit him better than his job as a litigator in Texas. "I came home one day from work, and I was used to being really tense," he says. "But that day, my secretary's recorder Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Texas removes 183 women and girls from sect ranch - Reuters The Southern LedgerTexas removes 183 women and girls from sect ranchReuters - 1 hour agoHOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas officials investigating a potential child abuse case said on Saturday 183 girls and women had been removed from a ranch that is home to a breakaway Mormon Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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31 of 53 teen girls at FLDS ranch are pregnant or had baby - The Associated Press China Daily31 of 53 teen girls at FLDS ranch are pregnant or had babyThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoSAN ANTONIO (AP) - More than half the teenage girls taken from a polygamist compound in west Texas have children or are pregnant, state officials said Monday.Exper Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |