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Re:U.S. students' math scores plunge in global education ass... by ecshafer on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @09:16AM (#38544151)
There are plenty of countries that you get algebra in elementary school. Saying it's only middle school is overly dismisive to the massive amounts of damage to mathematical education in the country this policy is doing.
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Re:U.S. students' math scores plunge in global education ass... by tptacek on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:18PM (#38546745)
It can't be doing "massive damage" to mathematical education, because it has simply never been the case that significant numbers of students have ever taken advanced algebra in 8th grade.
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