Professors: US "In Denial" Over Poor Maths Standards

thephydes (727739) writes "The maths skills of teenagers in parts of the deep south of the United States are worse than in countries such as Turkey and barely above South American countries such as Chile and Mexico. From the article: '"There is a denial phenomenon," says Prof Peterson. He said the tendency to make internal comparisons between different groups within the US had shielded the country from recognising how much they are being overtaken by international rivals. "The American public has been trained to think about white versus minority, urban versus suburban, rich versus poor," he said.'"

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Must... Spend... More... Money!

[mi]

With per-pupil costs of public schools quadrupling since 1962 (inflation-adjusted), and results remaining as mediocre as described in TFA — and getting worse — the only conclusion is, we must spend more money.

Not just Math — only 30% of 8th-graders nation-wide can be considered "proficient" in reading. And some particularly well-managed locales spend much more pupil, while producing and even higher share of illiterates.