What should we do over the next decade and where should we begin?

It's a really good question.

In all my reporting that I've done over the past several years, I've talked to all kinds of schools all across the nation.

And there are just a few reoccurring themes that just come up over and over.

Number one is.

Foundational skills in mathematics, the kinds of math that you learn in preschool through second grade are likely to matter the most.

And what happens in the early grades, what research shows is that early math proficiency not only predicts later success in math, it also predicts success in academics overall.

And one of those you've written about is something called integrated math.