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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]How does it make sense for Alabama to have different math standards from Wyoming or Rhode Island?[/quote]

I would bet that the difference between the math standards in those states is not wildly huge.  Also, the residents of those states can and should lobby for higher standards if they are dissatisfied. And, furthermore, the state standards do not completely drive the course offerings in the schools.  If they did, we would not have anything beyond Algebra 2 here in Virginia (because that's the most the state requires for graduation).  The truth is that the requirements to get into college are driving people's choices, especially at the high school level.  The parents probably need to be educated on the entrance requirements for a national university if that is what the child wants.  The good news is that students can take courses at NOVA and NOVA will help them get up to four year national college level if, for some reason, that didn't happen in high school (lack of maturity is a big reason).  People under age 18 are still children (and even those over 18) in many ways. [/quote]

If the difference in standards from state to state isn't so huge then why all the pretense that so much control needs to be in the states, and why all the objections about just going ahead and making them uniform across the board?  It's far more cost-effective to develop and maintain one standard, rather than independently developing and maintaining 50 different standards for each state.  It's also pointless to have 50 different standards, given the needs from one state to the next really aren't different.[/quote]

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