Is it true the Mississippi state legislature removed fractions and decimal points from the mathematics curriculum of public secondary schools?

Snopes.com confirms this to be true.

Here is the story with the lonk:

http://www.snopes.com/lost/fraction.htm

Wow!
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by DavidHume on February 6th, 2007
Actually the tone of the accompanying newspaper article reads like an extended pun, so I'm not sure that the entire thing isn't an elaborate joke, but I'll give you marks for trying.
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by yoho05 reminds you to DYOH on February 6th, 2007
Actually, snopes is a good reference on this one. They are a site strictly for giving the yes or no on urban legends. If they say it is true, then I believe it.
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by Drublic on February 6th, 2007
drublic, I also rely on snopes.com to be factual, that's why the tone of the article surprised me a little, especially, the reference to Dewey.
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by yoho05 reminds you to DYOH on February 6th, 2007
Oh, they are messing with us. Click on the "More information about this page" link at the bottom and it tells you it's all BS. I didn't realize snopes did that, but good to know.
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by Drublic on February 6th, 2007
Yeah, it's in their TRoLL (The Repository of Lost Legends) section, which I also didn't know existed.
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by yoho05 reminds you to DYOH on February 6th, 2007

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