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Millions are failing college math. Advocates say the problem isn’t students, but decades-old curricula that require Cold War-era algebra skills. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an ...

Millions are failing college math. Advocates say the problem isn’t students, but decades-old curricula that require Cold War-era algebra skills.

Half of students fail college algebra. Reformers say outdated college math requirements are gatekeeping graduation.

Samantha Powers is an editorial intern at the Washington Monthly. She studies journalism and political science at Northwestern University, where she served as managing editor of The Daily Northwestern ...

Millions are failing college math. Advocates say the problem isn’t students, but decades-old curricula that require Cold War-era algebra skills.

Millions are failing college math. Advocates say the problem isn’t students, but decades-old curricula that require Cold War-era algebra skills. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an ...