“The tragedy of high school math,” said venture investor, education advocate and Forbes contributor Ted Dintersmith (who has a Ph.D. in math modeling), “is that less than 20% of adults ever use algebra. No adult in America still does integrals and derivatives by hand—the calculus that blocks so many from career paths. It remains in the curriculum because it’s easy to test, not important to learn.”
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanderark/2019/11/14/the-math-youth-need-to-make-a-difference/?fbclid=IwAR2re7ULbo2fQFUMsijiY1G6U3GuubBIaLrujK4MsBUufMjIwaZS-y4xBuQ#195693dc4bd6
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