Op-Ed: Despite countless wake-up calls on school math, we’re still asleep

By: Laura Bilodeau Overdeck

Outlets: NJ Spotlight

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 980

Last Updated: 3 days, 18 hours ago

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If a fourth grader isn’t keeping up in math class, most parents shrug and assume it will work itself out. But years later, when those parents unexpectedly have to pay $1,500 extra for their college freshman’s remedial math classes, suddenly they don’t feel so casual about it.

Last month the advocacy nonprofit Collaborative for Student Success released a study showing the math shortfalls of incoming freshmen at Rutgers-New Brunswick. There were multiple shocking findings …

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