USA Today: US students lag other countries in math. The reason likely lies in how schools teach it.

Read here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/02/28/math-scores-high-school-lessons-freakonomics-pisa-algebra-geometry/4835742002/

This validating article effectively argues what educational therapists have been saying for over a decade:

  • Stop teaching the ‘geometry sandwich’
  • Make more room for data science
  • Stop splitting up students so much, and don’t hasten the curriculum
  • Change the way elementary teachers think about math
  • Make high school math reflect real life

The result? “…’They recruited fifth grade teachers from a county in central California to take and discuss the course. Within a year, the participating teachers’ students posted significantly higher state math scores in comparison to previous years. The jumps were particularly significant for girls and low-income students,’ Boaler said. ‘They thought they had to teach procedures, and then realized they could teach in this open, visual, creative way…'”