A radical idea to transform what kids learn in school

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3. Math has intrinsic value, beyond a means of employment. The logic patterns alone are

vital and, I opine, on a rather steep decline in the population. Math helps to develop cognition and being better thinkers/problem solvers has wide value beyond the number of mathematicians America needs.

And none of that even begins to address the value of Mathematics as part of the Humanities, but I expect those are pretty much dead and gone anymore anyway with the demise of the Liberal Arts in post-secondary education.