Most U.S. adults think that math skills in general are important for the workforce—61% say these skills are very important, ...

But, as a fascinating recent Big Think article explains in detail, no matter what choice you’re trying to make, mathematicians claim the 37 percent rule ... life cursing math and wondering, ...

Her response startled me: She told me that 84 percent of Black students in eighth grade lack the ability to do math, and 85 percent are functionally illiterate. I could not believe this.