22 Jul Math Matters: Why Our Students Must Not Fall Behind
Thirty years ago, we learned from the report A Nation At Risk: the Imperative for Educational Reform that American students lagged far behind their international peers on a number of benchmarks.
The findings expressed serious concerns about content, expectations, time, and teaching. The release of the report was meant to spur a national reform effort, aimed at once again vaulting the American education system to the forefront of the world.
It’s 30 years later, and little has changed. In mathematics, for example, we still lag far behind. According to the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment, the U.S. is ranked 25th in math compared to other industrialized nations.
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