Disconnected from math, students call for real-world relevance in RAND’s first-ever youth survey
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According to the first-ever survey fielded to RAND’s new American Youth Panel (AYP), 49% of students in middle and high school grades reported losing interest in math about half or more of the time, and 75% of youths reported losing interest for at least some class time.
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