They can learn the perfect equation...
This is dangerous thinking. They could end up numerate. We need federal intervention to prevent that.
Preparing kids for the coming inflation, eh?
This is nearly as rigorous as the mathematics curriculum in use when I was in elementary school. I am glad to see the UK return to a more demanding curriculum for maths.
Maybe if the euro collapses they could go back to shillings and pences.
I always thought the British were silly to put a s at the end of math.
Yes, I do know the argument for both spellings, so no need for any FReeper dissertations.
“UK: Children go back to basics in maths”
Maybe the Baby-Boomers really are starting to retire...
“It represents a dramatic toughening up of standards demanded in English state schools in a move designed to benchmark lessons against those found in the world’s most advanced education systems, such as Singapore, Hong Kong and parts of the United States.”
The only ‘parts’ of the US that have an advanced education system are homeschoolers and some private schools.
...yes, still public schools, but at least the kids might learn to count and do addition. I know what you’re thinking...you’d rather not see it here, because improving the public schools makes it more likely they won’t be going away (as they are now in Louisiana - although that’s an exception).
I give you a lot of crap regarding crime and related things over there, so I have to give credit where it’s due. Apparently you guys are taking the lead here to clean up maths instruction - Congrats!
Good show, Brits.
In a couple of years, your children will have more math capability than anyone in the White House.
Any chance of this spreading across the pond?
I’m stunned.
This is a great math problem.
Let’s say an evil ideaology leaves Mecca around 700AD and travels west. When will it intersect with civilization?
And what about the kids who got screwed by the previous experimenation? Who do they get to kill (or at least sue)?
Add and subtract two-digit numbers in their head? I swear that’s beyond half today’s American high school graduates.
At the age of 10, kids should start to learn algebra. Calculus by the age of 14.