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Re:U.S. Students Still Lag Globally in Math and Science, Tes... by cciesquare on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @12:13PM (#4905438)
The bright side is that in my opinion it's improved, the status of science and math. Again just the status, the education system pre college is still a mess.

I am going to go out on a limb and say controversially, that it's because education falls under state rights. You just have too many different philosophy of education across all the states. For something so important it should be at a national level.

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Re:U.S. Students Still Lag Globally in Math and Science, Tes... by Gormo on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @12:37PM (#4905582)
> For something so important it should be at a national level.

Could you elaborate on this? To me, the conclusion would seem entirely opposite: a single, homogeneous educational policy would prevent meaningful variation, and thereby make the status quo all but immutable.

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