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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.governing.com/policy/the-urgent-case-for-rebuilding-student-achievement

Apparently it's this weird think tank/policy org ExcelInEd pushing the 60 minutes a day idea, based on what looks to me to be just the vague assertion that there are a few countries that score higher on math than the US that also have higher numbers of hours of math instruction per year.  Unless they have other stronger sources they're not showing, this just seems like sloppy BS to me, not something worth upending middle-schoolers' education over.

Also, despite their advocacy for this 60 minutes of math a day thing, ExcelInEd says that literally nowhere else in the county requires it for middle school (Alabama does for elementary school, which I think would be fine for Maryland to do too.)  I am really pissed at MSDE deciding to experiment on our kids on this, at the expense of foreign language learning, the arts, and other electives. [/quote]

This I agree with.  I don't mind kids having 60mins of math a day, but as a nation we neglect FL, Arts, and other skills that could actually support kids in becoming better at math and surely understanding its use in the real world.[/quote]

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