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February 28, 2006

L.A. school board candidates do the math

After a recent Los Angeles Times series found that many students drop out of school because of their inability to pass algebra, a Times reporter asked four candidates for the Los Angeles Unified School Board and one current board member to solve simple algebra problems, such as: Solve for X: 2X - 14 = 7 - X.

Among the four candidates: One answered incorrectly, two correctly, and a fourth declined to try. The current board member answered his algebra problem correctly. The mayor said he thought the test was a "bit of a cheap shot," the Times reports. What do you think?

And the answer to the problem above is: X = 7.

Posted February 28, 2006 12:47 PM | School Boards

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