If a person can’t do third grade math, they shouldn’t be admitted to college. Or high school, for that matter.

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If a person can’t do third grade math, they shouldn’t be admitted to college.

Or high school, for that matter.https://t.co/IoBN5z7sOw#Homeschooling #Math #MathEducation #MathIlliteracy #DumbingDown #Woke #Meritocracy #Education #College pic.twitter.com/LWEaqVjAYh

— Daniel Alman from Squirrel Hill (@DanielAlmanPGH) March 12, 2024

https://apnews.com/article/college-math-test-help-6cca6a5e873d5aeb5e75b4f94125d48c

August 31, 2023

“This is a huge issue,” said Maria Emelianenko, chair of George Mason’s math department. “We’re talking about college-level pre-calculus and calculus classes, and students cannot even add one-half and one-third.”

For Jessica Babcock, a Temple University math professor, the magnitude of the problem hit home last year as she graded quizzes in her intermediate algebra class, the lowest option for STEM majors. The quiz, a softball at the start of the fall semester, asked students to subtract eight from negative six.

“I graded a whole bunch of papers in a row. No two papers had the same answer, and none of them were correct,” she said. “It was a striking moment of, like, wow — this is significant and deep.”