1. Numeracy is just as valuable as literacy. Sure, matrix multiplication and integrals may not be useful day to day, but the article is talking about algebra.
2. I may be biased, but I believe math is distilled critical thinking. The difficulty is teaching math critical-thinking-first as opposed to test-first.
2. I may be biased, but I believe math is distilled critical thinking. The difficulty is teaching math critical-thinking-first as opposed to test-first.