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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by jessriedel on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @12:59AM (#22942369)
40 years ago is 1980, so that seems consistent with his comment. Also consistent is that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia, which has been ranked #1 and is generally in the top ten US high schools, was founded in 1985.
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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by hncommenter13 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @01:42AM (#22942614)
Bronx Science was founded in 1938. It has graduated eight nobel prize winners, seven in physics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_High_School_of_Science

And, per Wikipedia, many of the faculty came from Stuyvesant, founded 1904 (which has itself had 4 nobel prize winners). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuyvesant_High_School

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