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We need to figure out why kids slip after 4th grade. We rank with the best until about that point.
Good, qualified math teachers are worth more than gold, IMO. Same with textbooks that offer a broad number of worked examples, instead of inserting arguments for or against keeping the penny in currency.
Maybe rallying the country around the next great project is another solution. Who knows how many kids JFK and the space race inspired? We should be finding improvements- a high-speed cross-country maglev train or three, implementing modern nuke power, finding a replacement for fossil fuels. Find the next frontier, and encourage kids that they can and should chase it.
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