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Some of Katie Bungo's fifth-grade students question why they should puzzle over basic math facts the old-fashioned way when punching a few calculator keys will instantly yield an answer. So the teacher at Horace Mann Elementary School in the Indiana Area School District is ready with a comparison: Calculator use is like her daily drive to school, a faster approach than walking, though it's no guarantee of success. Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 2, 2009

 
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