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The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...

Let’s keep things simple – this is basic math. Nothing scary. Just everyday calculations, a bit of geometry, some number patterns, and the kind of stuff you definitely learned in school at some point.

Pär Bjälkebring receives funding from Swedish Research Council (VR; DNR-2016-00507). Ellen Peters receives funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation and USAFacts. Your grade school math ...