We’re raising kids who can’t do the math — making them easy to manipulate

We’ve created a generation — parents and children alike — paralyzed by numerators without denominators. A single alarming ...

15 Basic Math Problems Most Grown-ups Can’t Solve

Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, ...

The shocking rise of Gen Z college freshmen who can’t even do basic math — as grade inflation means graduation rates are rising

The University of California San Diego has reported a staggering 30-fold increase in the number of students unable to do ...
EdSource

College students struggle with basic math, post-pandemic

Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still struggling with basic math. He has major hurdles with algebra, a ...
The Hechinger Report

Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...
Hindustan Times

CBSE allows students who took basic math to pursue subject in classes 11-12

The CBSE had for the first time introduced the option of basic and standard mathematics in the class 10 exams this year. Basic maths was for those who do not want to pursue the subject further and the ...