Minnesota's success in teaching math and science when compared to other states, and...
AIR DATE 8/23/09
Minnesota’s success in teaching math and science when compared to other states, and even to other countries, is impressive. After two huge studies, 12 years apart, the US improved gains for Minnesota students were 3 times the national average in grade 4 and grade 8. Our ranking, if we were a separate nation, would be in the top 10. Why that happened, and why it is very important for the…