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Think schools are improving? Try telling that to this Princeton college professor

His article came out several months ago, but Professor Tony Rothman’s Scientific American article, “Look East, Young Man” is still worth a Thanksgiving weekend read.

The bottom line: math skills of entering students at one of the nation’s premier universities are slipping, UNLESS they are overseas students.

This has profound implications for not just our schools, but our nation.