The New York Times reports:
If everything had gone according to plan, California would have approved new guidelines this month for math education in public schools.
There's more:
Critics of the draft said the authors would punish high achievers by limiting options for gifted programs. An open letter signed by hundreds of Californians working in science and technology described the draft as “an endless river of new pedagogical fads that effectively distort and displace actual math.”
When you've turned into a third world state: you're math program probably isn't that good.
