Last week, we praised algebra, logic and Latin as basic learning skills.
Yesterday, we reported that U.S. high schoolers math scores are continuing to drop … and that the U.S. now ranks #40 among developed countries.
Now there’s discouraging news out of California: Algebra is under siege.
In 2009, the California Community Colleges system began requiring demonstrated math competency at the level “typically known as Intermediate Algebra … or another mathematics course at the same level, with the same rigor.”
What was the result, and what do educators plan to do about it?
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