Ms. Hatley's Free Online Math Resources And Class News

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Today is Thursday, 05/15/08.

Welcome to Ms. Hatley's math website. My hope is that this website will serve as a resource for my middle school students and their parents as well as other math educators.

This year, I will continue to add new content, so feel free to send in your ideas, resources, etc. Middle school math is wonderful, and I love finding new ideas for engaging students and helping them learn.

Education News

• Resign, Faculty Tells University President 05/15/08 From NYT > Education
  The West Virginia University faculty demanded that the president of the university quit over awarding a degree to the governor’s daughter, which she had not earned.
  
  
  
  

• National Briefing | West: California: Student Fees, Going Up 05/15/08 From NYT > Education
  The cost of attending a California State University is going up again after a decision by the system’s governing board to authorize a 10 percent increase in student fees.
  
  
  
  

• Earthquake in China Highlights the Vulnerability of Schools in Many Countries 05/14/08 From NYT > Education
  The loss of life in schools collapsed by the earthquake around China could have been reduced using known methods for designing or retrofitting structures in earthquake zones, experts said.
  
  
  
  

• Teach for America Sees Surge in Popularity 05/14/08 From NYT > Education
  The program that recruits top college graduates to teach for two years in public schools that are difficult to staff will place 3,700 new teachers this fall, up from 2,900 last year.
  
  
  
  

• Blunt Federal Letters Tell Students They’re Security Threats 05/13/08 From NYT > Education
  Rejected applicants for an ID card meant to guard against acts of terrorism received a letter from a security administration official that warned: “I have determined that you pose a security threat.”
  
  
  
  

• Planning a Web Site, Publisher Buys a Harvard Alumni Magazine 05/12/08 From NYT > Education
  Plans for 02138, a magazine for Harvard alumni, include expanding it into social networking and event sponsorship, and then duplicating the operation for each Ivy League school.
  
  
  
  

• To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring 05/12/08 From NYT > Education
  Instead of sending truant students to juvenile detention, school officials in East Dallas have begun an electronic monitoring program to improve attendance rates.
  
  
  
  

• PBS Revives a Show That Shines a Light on Reading 05/12/08 From NYT > Education
  The 2009 version of “The Electric Company” is a weekly, more danceable version of its former daily self.
  
  
  
  

• Los Angeles High School Breaks Out in Violence 05/11/08 From NYT > Education
  A fight at a troubled South Los Angeles high school escalated into a campuswide brawl involving as many as 600 students before it was quelled by police officers in riot gear.
  
  
  
  

• Global Classrooms: Matching Newcomer to College, While Both Pay 05/10/08 From NYT > Education
  The use of overseas recruiting agents, who are paid both by colleges seeking students and students looking for advice on college selection, is raising uncomfortable questions.