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2	New Jobs Require More Education than Ever Before Top economists estimate that 2/3 of new jobs will require some college 1/3, the best paying, will require a college degree – usually in a technical (STEM) area. Over 80% of high school graduates attempt college today. Most do not succeed
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6	It is interesting to note that, as a government agency, NASA can only hire U.S. Citizens
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8	We put more “material” in the lower grades We’ve added data analysis, statistics, and aspects of the “new math” including problem solving, Euclidian transformations and simple combinatorics since I was young.
9	And Our Outcomes Keep Getting Worse.
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12	A Problem from the NAEP
13	Recently NCTM and the Math Community have worked together on these issues The result is the NCTM Focal Points. Three major topics per year When one looks at the overall structure, they align pretty well with what is done in high achieving countries.
14	There are six topics students need to learn in K-7 – they must be learned to mastery Core processes (algebra)‏ Functions and equations Measurement and basic geometry Numbers, number operations and place value Fractions and decimals Ratios, rates, percents and proportions
15	But it isn’t just a focus on fewer topics. These topics should be learned as mathematics, rather than vocabulary or factoids.
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23	Another Huge Problem is Place Value
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31	Some Further References ftp://math.stanford.edu/pub/papers/milgram/FIE-book.pdf ftp://math.stanford.edu/pub/papers/milgram/numbers.pdf ftp://math.stanford.edu/pub/papers/milgram/grade2-and-3-algorithms.pdf