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Slanted View: Welcome to Our Web Site!

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Posted inLetters, Opinion

Letters to the editor: School rankings math doesn’t add up

As a former math teacher and school superintendent, I call on Edward D. Murphy and others (especially our elected officials) to forswear the use of state rankings when discussing education. For example, in his article titled “School policies ranking: Maine barely passes” (Jan. 7), he reports that Maine eighth-graders ranked 13th nationally in math in […]