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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Federal Panel: American Math at "Mediocre Level"

"The sharp falloff in mathematics achievement in the U.S. begins as student reach late middle school, where, for more and more students, algebra course work begins," said the report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel. The advisory panel was appointed two years ago by President Bush to study why American students were lagging behind the rest of the world in mathematics.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/education/14math.html?ref=education

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