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...students consistently outperform minority students on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests. Last year, 62 percent of the district’s white seventh graders, compared to only 18 percent of black seventh graders, scored “proficient” or “advanced” in math. And while 79 percent of white seventh graders scored proficient or advanced in English language arts, only 44 percent of their black counterparts met those standards...
Harding, who could not be reached for comment, wrote on his Web site that the district needs to reallocate its funding to improve math and science programs at all levels...
...that, despite improvements, Cambridge students are still scoring below the state average and that the racial achievement gaps in the city are larger than they are in Massachusetts as a whole. Particularly distressing was the staggering 44-point achievement gap between white and black students on the seventh-grade math test. The disappointing results come in the face of natural advantages that most cities would kill for: notably, a blank check from taxpayers—at last count, an extraordinary $25,000 per pupil—and the commitment of a significant middle-class population...
...taught high school students for a few years, but soon realized he had no patience for kids who thought they were smarter and more hard-working than they actually were, and the “helicopter parents” who agreed. They should have all tried Math 55, Ian insists, referring to the legendary Harvard course catering to first-year math geniuses. During these frustrating years teaching, Ian played poker on the side...
...innumeracy of Americans really makes this possible,” Ian says about his poker profession. The “over-inflated self-esteem” of the country, combined with the seeming “disdain for math,” has made the environment opportune for learned players like himself, Ian says. More than 75 percent of players are losers, and, according to Ian, less than 10 percent of players play mathematically—in essence, fundamental mistakes that can be eliminated with simple instruction pervade the amateur scene. “Most people don?...