John Manley: In December, your front-page headline proclaimed: National Emergency As Canadians Fall Out Of Global Top 10 In Math. John Manley, CEO of the Council of Chief Executives, was referring to Canadas fall from 9th to 13th out of 65 countries on the Programme for International Student Assessment rankings in math, according to Globe and Mail. Canada outperformed all Western countries in problem-solving and ranked third overall out of 45 countries excluding Asian city data . Ontario, Alberta and B.C. did even better, provinces where the outcry over our decline in rankings in math has forced curriculum changes and Bragging rights Weeks of media lament about our devastating decline followed. Yet, on Wednesday, you relegated the impressive new results to an inside page Canadian Teens Ace Test .
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