Only a fraction of the pre-college math taught in the traditional track is necessary. The statistical content is matched point-for-point with the equivalent introduction to statistics class.

Sequence Activity: Multistep Problems Many students with math disabilities find complex, multistep math problems particularly difficult. Even children who did well in their early school years ...

Why they do that at any given time is almost irrelevant, and a centuries old mathematical sequence is as good a reason as any.

Most students don't aspire to careers that will require calculus, so high schools must create sequences of math courses that reflect the wide variety of young people's occupational goals, a math ...