Topic: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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Can the US compete if only 32 percent of its students are proficient in math?
Among the top-scoring places in the world that participated in a recent exam, math proficiency of 15-year-olds was well above 50 percent. One US state, Massachusetts, cleared that mark, barely.
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Why Singapore is another model for teaching excellence
It's an honored and very selective profession – and teachers are highly paid.
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US students improve in math
But science scores are stagnant in an international study of fourth- and eighth-graders.
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Focus on algebra, U.S. panel tells schools
To catch up with other nations in math, schools should teach fewer topics in more depth, it says.
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