More than 2,000 North Carolina elementary teachers have failed the math portion of their licensing exam since the state started using a new test in 2013. The test itself may be the problem. Before the 2013-14 school year, North Carolina required all elementary teachers to pass Praxis 5015 to earn a license to teach in...
Here’s a new math fact for a new school year: The U.S. will launch the year at the back of the global classroom. Other countries have surged ahead, populating a global STEM pipeline that teems with talent. Yet despite hundreds of billions of dollars in annual education spending and years of top-down school reform, U.S....
RALEIGH — American students test poorly in mathematics when compared to students in other developed countries. Even students in some “developing” countries post higher math scores than Americans. Dr. Jacob Vigdor, professor of public policy and economics at Duke University, has researched the topic. He discussed his findings during an interview with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
Is the U.S. on “a losing path” when it comes to maintaining our competitive edge in the global economy? Norman Augustine – former Lockheed Martin CEO and chairman of a National Academiescommittee on 21st century competitiveness – thinks so.
Thanks to the actions of U.S. government officials, we will soon get a chance to discover whether ignorance really is bliss. According to the August 9th online edition of Newsweek, American students will no longer participate in the international Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
