Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• STEM grant to develop education

  May 3, 2012 in City on Page A6 A Washington nonprofit organization has given $220,000 to spearhead development of a local program focusing on science, technology, engineering and math education. Washington STEM, the nonprofit, also supports the creation …

• Education Notebook: Bemiss wins award for math

  November 3, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S11 Bemiss Elementary School students were recently honored when their school was named a 2011 Title I Washington State Distinguished School by the state superintendent’s office. The students’ outstanding achievement in …

• Remedial math routine for local grads at CCS

  August 14, 2011 in City on Page B1 The percentage of students taking remedial math classes at Spokane Community College and Spokane Falls Community College is an eye-popping statistic. Of the 2009-’10 graduates from Spokane Public Schools who … 30

• Student data mixed on new state assessments

    September 1, 2010 in City on Page A5 More than 60 percent of sophomores in Spokane Public Schools last year failed Washington’s math assessment test, while students in neighboring districts performed only slightly better, according to results released … 1

• Math, science teachers get paid less than others in Wash.

  August 18, 2010 in Region Lawmakers and other Washington state officials have talked a lot about focusing more on science and math education, but researchers at the University of Washington have found that despite this … 5

• Adventurer connects thrill-seeking, trigonometry

  August 13, 2010 in City on Page A1 Summer 1977. John Herrington, suspended from the University of Colorado for lousy grades, hangs by one arm from a cliff, holding a prism for highway surveyors, earning four bucks an … 1

• Math, reading gap among Native American students

  June 30, 2010 in Nation/World, City Native American students at schools overseen by the federal Bureau of Indian Education performed significantly worse on national standardized tests in reading and math compared with those in public schools.

• Wash. high school test results will be in the mail

  June 4, 2010 in City High school students who took the statewide achievement tests this spring will be receiving their scores sometime in the next week or so. These are the first results from the …

• New statewide ed tests next week, some on computer

  May 3, 2010 in City Online testing begins this week for some Washington students in grades six through eight. The new Measures of Student Progress — the tests replacing the WASL in the younger grades … 2

• Gregoire asks every school district to sign grant

  April 7, 2010 in City Gov. Chris Gregoire is asking all of Washington 295 school districts to join an effort to seek $250 million from the federal government for education reform. 10

• New national math, English standards drafted

  March 10, 2010 in Nation/World, Region Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform — and more rigorous — standards Wednesday as draft new national guidelines were released. 9

• Math in Progress

  March 6, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Students at Progress Elementary, 710 N. Progress Road, in the Central Valley School District, are voluntarily staying after school. The students – about 140 of them in a school of …

• East Valley revamps programs to keep students on track

  October 29, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Change is in the wind at East Valley as the district launches a full menu of new initiatives and programs despite being in the midst of a lean budget year. … 1

• Wash., Idaho fourth-graders stall in math

  October 14, 2009 in City, Idaho New national test results show Washington eighth-graders are better at math than the eighth-graders of 2007. But fourth-graders in Idaho and Washington aren’t showing any improvement.

• Math classes enough to graduate

  April 1, 2009 in City on Page A5 Thousands of Washington high school students who failed the math portion of WASL won’t have to try again. Legislation signed by Gov. Chris Gregoire this week eliminates the controversial retesting …

• Event teaches kids, parents how to make math fun

  March 5, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page W1 Parents and their children had an opportunity to learn how to make math fun last week at Windsor Elementary School. The school’s parent-teacher organization sponsored the event that included dinner …