Concerned about the math and science gap?

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But by 2012, city children in third and fourth-grades had narrowed the test-score gap on math with their peers throughout the state but fell a few points short of pulling even.

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Nonetheless, in a recent study by Harvard's Richard Murnane and co-authors, differences in mother-child interaction patterns like these were found to account for one-third of the black-white gap in math and English skills at the beginning of kindergarten -- and one-quarter at the end of third grade.

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We launched a national competition to improve our schools by investing only in reform that closes the achievement gap, and inspires students to excel in math and science, and turns around failing schools that steal the future from too many young Americans.

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But the IMF, having done the math, politely pointed out that 10% would not close the gap, that 15% or higher is needed.

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The skills gap exists not just in Silicon Valley, where jobs demand math SAT scores of 800 and an 80-hour workweek.

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In 2009, Mr. Bloomberg said the city would go further and close the gap between its public-school students and the rest of the state on math scores.

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