1 Back to basics _ or cram school? To reverse sliding rank, Japan adds 1,200 pages to textbooks
When Mio Honzawa starts fifth grade next April, her textbooks will be thicker. Source: Fox News
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2 Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank
Japan is going back to basics after a 10-year experiment in "pressure-free education," which encouraged more application of knowledge and less rote memorization. Education - Rote learning - Asia - Japan - Business and Economy Source: MSNBC
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3 Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank
When Mio Honzawa starts fifth grade next April, her textbooks will be thicker. Alarmed that its children are falling behind those in rivals such as South Korea and Hong Kong, Japan is adding about 1,200 pages to elementary school textbooks, bringing the total... Hong Kong - Korea - Asia - Japan - Health Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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4 Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank
When Mio Honzawa starts fifth grade next April, her textbooks will be thicker. Alarmed that its children are falling behind those in rivals such as South Korea and Hong Kong, Japan is adding about 1,200 pages to elementary school textbooks, bringing the total across all subjects for six years from 4,900 pages today to nearly 6,100. Hong Kong - Textbook - Asia - Japan - Korea Source: Boston Globe
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5 Schools: New rules are great addition
Math teachers sometimes called it "the whirlwind." So many concepts were crammed into Florida's math standards for each grade level that teachers and students found themselves in a fast and furious race to the finish as they tried to cover everything by the end of the year. Source: The Pasco Tribune
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6 Remember when
Do our memories get better with age? Source: BBC News
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7 Educational Gaps Limit Brazil's Reach
CAETÉS, Brazil -- When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil's president in early 2003, he emotionally declared that he had finally earned his "first diploma" by becoming president of the country. Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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8 Do our memories get better with age?
Our ability to recall events seems to sharpen as we get older, says Lisa Jardine, but can it be trusted to paint an accurate picture? Source: BBC News
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9 The Gloucester County Times
Christina Paciolla brings you the top stories. Students throughout Gloucester County will head back to school this week. The following is a list of administrative changes, new courses and other projects students can expect when they return. Source: Gloucester County Times
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10 Magazine Regulars
Do our memories get better or worse with age? Our ability to recall events seems to sharpen as we get older but can it be trusted, asks Lisa Jardine in her A Point of View column. Source: BBC Radio 1
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