Kelsey Piper, a journalist focused on education policy, Rose Horowitz from The Atlantic, who covers literacy declines, and Joshua Goodman, an economics professor, dive into America’s troubling math crisis. They discuss alarming trends in grade inflation and the stark reality of incoming college freshmen needing remedial math despite good grades. Cultural pressures around easier grading and the impact of technology on learning are explored, along with the implications of accountability policies and standardized testing on student performance.
