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October 21, 2009 by Marc Lamont Hill

Math Skills Show Little Growth

Testing of American fourth- and eighth-graders shows that only four out of 10 are proficient in mathematics, a figure that has not improved since 2007. What do you think?

Young Woman

Ann Gaddis,
Fan-Blade Aligner
“Oh, no. All of our high-paying jobs differentiating between parallelograms and rhombuses are sure to go to the Chinese.”

Black Man

Patrick Fanning,
Galvanizer
“Well, duh. Everyone knows history is where it’s at.”

Young Man

Steve Weid,
Systems Analyst
“Oh hell, when is the real world ever going to have any use for today’s American kids anyway?”

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