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Meanwhile, in actual school-related news: "American fourth and eighth grade students made solid achievement gains in math in recent years and in two states sho
by sethg 18y ago
Meanwhile, in actual school-related news:
"American fourth and eighth grade students made solid achievement gains in math in recent years and in two states showed spectacular progress, according to an international survey of student achievement, released Tuesday."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/education/10math.html?hp http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/education/10math.html?hp
- jmtame 18y agoSecond paragraph: "The results showed that several Asian countries continue to greatly outperform the United States in science and math, subjects that are key to economic competitiveness and research." Gasp! What's that, Watson? Greenspung actually might have warrant to complain about our education relative to other countries!?
- sethg 18y agoI think in terms of international competitiveness, our schools are doing a little better than our cars. The article says that American math scores were on average comparable to German scores. If only American cars were comparable to German cars....