Students better at math have economic impact #dyscalculia

Submitted by Judy Hanning on Thu, 2017-01-26 04:00

Are you a student or know someone that is? Have you ever thought that you or a student could have an economic impact? If you are like most people, then you do not really believe that a student or even you could have an impact on the economy but what if students who are better at math can have an economic impact?

Given this strong dependence of Florida’s economy on the math skills of its workers, you would think that the state’s weakness in student math achievement would inspire a frantic effort by educational leaders to address it.
~ Paul Cottle

Some believe that by raising math standards, the GDP will grow.

One person, Eric Hanushek, a fellow at the conservative Hoover Institution actually led a study on exactly that. He believes that if each state raised its secondary-level math achievement that it would increase the gross domestic product or GDP for that state. To learn more about this study, read more about it here in this article.

Key Takeaways:

1
Florida needs teachers with strong mathematical skills to fix their secondary math problems.
2
Florida is one of the weakest states in the nation in when it comes to middle school math.
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There hasn’t been any move at all by the state’s leaders to address the issue of Florida’s secondary math problem.
Read the full article here:
http://www.tallahassee.com/story/opinion/2016/08/28/students-better-math-economic-impact/89514166/