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s5300 on Nov 24, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: California moves to recommend delaying algebra to ...

When commenting on the state of the country, I would look towards the states that have historically ranked poorly in education and see why they’re never improving. California is definitely not one of those states & seems to have no issue in keeping a higher than average educated populace.

bradleyjg on Nov 24, 2021 | [–]

From the article:

On national standardized tests, California ranks in the bottom quartile among all states and U.S. territories for 8th grade math scores.

Mountain_Skies on Nov 24, 2021 | [–]

Looking at derivatives would make the danger these policies present to California students clear.

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