Steven Leinwand a principal research analyst at the American Institutes for Research and the author of the forthcoming book “Accessible Mathematics: Ten Instructional Shifts That Raise Student Achievement” writes that:
The country’s long-term economic security and social well-being are clearly linked to sustained innovation and workplace productivity. This innovation and productivity rely, just as clearly, on the quality of human capital and equity of opportunity that, in turn, emerge from high-quality education, particularly in the areas of literacy, mathematics, and science.