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To: TobagoJack who wrote (180071)11/7/2021 9:24:24 AM
From: marcher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218074
 
still apples and oranges being compared.
adjust for poverty/ses level and scores are similar:

"...Because social class inequality is greater in the United States than in any of the countries with which
we can reasonably be compared, the relative performance of U.S. adolescents is better than it appears
when countries’ national average performance is conventionally compared..."
epi.org

the economist dismisses such significance to push a 'narrative' developed and sold by the private sector
via regulatory capture. nothing new...
but lots of public education money siphoned by private sector giant squids.



To: TobagoJack who wrote (180071)11/8/2021 11:12:23 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum  Respond to of 218074
 
U R making me chuckle.. school in elementary was facile and boring .. I loved to old notebooks which had all the measurements and times tables on them... I knew about Troy/AvoirduPois weight in grade 1 LOL

My son's grade 5 teacher thanked us that my son (same teacher my daughter has 6 years earlier) could read and write script LOL

The Economist ? LOL