Yes, but by the first grade our kids can tell you about two daddies, two mommies, homosexual sex, LGBT topics, global worming, evil White men, the most disgusting nation on the face of planet earth, and a whole host of really important bits of information vital to the healthy upbringing of any child.
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Math education in the US is a conspiracy to block people from growing up knowing logic and objective truth. The answer to every question has to be: “It’s whatever.” If people understood math, it would ruin everything, and their knowledge that some answers are Right and some are Wrong might slop over into other social areas and really upset the apple cart!
Not all math teachers understand that they are tasked with doing damage to young minds. Some math teachers actually think they are doing something Good. Which is shameful in itself.
We stopped teaching math decades ago when we switched to teaching arithmetic. Therein lies the problem.
Educational spending does not automatically translate into higher achievement. If you break it down by demographic group, I am sure that lower educational scores are better explained — nature vs. nurture debate. Cultural factors play a big role. What ever the cause, our low performing educational system does not help.
I routinely point out that we were far better off in the days of chalkboards and used textbooks - and it cost a whole lot less money.
Needless to say I don’t win many popularity contests with the local teachers and school board.
Take away “Holder’s People like St Trayon and Blessed Michael of Ferguson’ along with all the ILLEGALS from South of the Border, I’ll bet our Math scores are a hell of a lot higher.
Need to throw more money into the progressive Black Hole of Acadumbia.
Math be white.
Get your children out of the public schools (government indoctrination centers) - NOW!!
Poor quality teachers and low standards.
Sorry,but the common core is not the reason why ‘merca is ranked low in mathematics. It is the culture. How many of you say “I am not good at math” like it is something funny and casual? What this means is that being math illiterate is not the sign of ignorance, rather a choice and sophistication.
I would first look towards PISA for a flawed test, since it has a consistent favoring of compulsory streaming (Europe, Asia) over voluntary streaming in education. That is, the US has a wider variety of people in its educational system as well as its various forms (whether by government, parochial, private, home or other) and differentiations (regular, AP/Honors).
Factor that out and you would see a marked jump in the rankings (much to the EU’s dismay). One could then see how various teaching methods have caused educational harm towards students.