Published October 2009
For all that is known about the problems plaguing American math education - as well as how to fix them - math teaching remains stubbornly fixed in place. Scholars of math education say that classes today would seem familiar to Americans who finished school decades ago. But today's graduates enter an adult world where the price they'll pay for math deficiencies is far greater than that paid by their parents. Meanwhile, the cost to the nation is steep and growing steeper still. This Guide seeks to clarify what many of the issues are and what efforts are currently underway to address them.
