Mathematics is supposed to be the great equalizer. Students strong in math do well in large variety of fields, at least that what the literature I read says. I was looking at this chart:

The phenomenal leadership of our white house (sarcasm), as seen fit to break this information down by Race. Which indicates that some groups do worse than others. We are left to assume that they did a good job in accounting for the fact that Native American in Beverly Hills is different that that of one on a reservation, and that all not Latino/Hispanic student have the same background, drive, or desire to learn. We only see that some groups are performing better than others. Is this perpetuating the racial divide in the USA or helping us realize the differences so that we may address it.

While many on the USA obsess on race another group tracks the USA Student performance against international standards. This obsession perhaps is to hide the fact that we rank above South Africa, but below the Czech Republic (A country torn apart and battling Ethnic Strife for many years…perhaps even longer than the USA).

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Noticeably absent: China and India