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Occupations that utilize math skills are projected to grow 鈥渕uch faster than the average for all occupations from 2024 to 2034,鈥� according to the . Despite this projection, too many workers 鈥� from first-job holders to career ladder climbers 鈥� need better math skills to power the nation鈥檚 innovation economy.聽 聽聽

Americans鈥� rocky relationship with math isn鈥檛 new. Introductory math courses are a major barrier for students at colleges and universities across the country. A of 51,000 students across more than 30 colleges and universities found that 35% of students in introductory calculus failed or withdrew from the course. This rate creeps even higher for some, including first-generation students and Pell Grant recipients.

Against this backdrop, building a future-ready workforce requires nothing less than a radical reimagining of how math education, upskilling and reskilling occurs in America today. The Gardner Institute calls for course redesign using evidence-based pedagogy, embedded supports and incentives for faculty 鈥� all aimed at better serving a rapidly diversifying 21st-century student body. , a new learning collaborative affiliated with 麻豆村 and in use at colleges and universities across the nation, is built for this very challenge.