“Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two-step word problems, if they’re spending 10-15 minutes trying to figure out what 9x7 is, they’re doing a lot of extra work, or ...
"International school math is behind Japan's, right?" This is something I'm often told when my child attends an international school ← based on my own researchActually, I had that impression too!