Simple Math: How Linda McMahon Can Help American Students Regain Their Math Mojo
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Opinion

Simple Math: How Linda McMahon Can Help American Students Regain Their Math Mojo

Singapore’s fundamentally different approach to education—particularly in math—yields measurable success.

Nicole Neily

The American education crisis has become a national emergency that demands immediate correction.

According to the new National Report Card, a staggering 72% of eighth-grade students who took the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) math exam failed to score at the proficient level. In 2019 and before COVID school shutdowns, eighth graders’ math proficiency levels were already at an unacceptable 66% — 6% lower than where they are now.

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