America's poor math skills raise alarms over global competitiveness
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Bridge to Calculus summer program participants, from left, Steven Ramos, Kevin Dang, Kevin Tran, Peter St. Louis-Severe, Elian Martinez, and Wintana Tewolde pose for a photo on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Some of the graduates of Bridge to Calculus end up enrolling at Northeastern and proceeding to its highly ranked computer science and engineering programs, which like those at other U.S. universities struggle to attract homegrown talent. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)Bridge to Calculus summer program participants Wintana Tewolde, left, and Peter St. Louis-Severe walk through the campus of Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)Suuraj Narayanan Raghunathan speaks about the Bridge to Calculus summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. More than half of the graduate students in all disciplines at Northeastern, including those that require math, are foreign born, university statistics show. In his field of engineering management, 80 percent of us are Indian, the graduate student and Bridge to Calculus mentor, said with a laugh. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)Boston Latin Academy student Tachenia Saintil, 16, works on a pre-calculus problem during the Bridge to Calculus summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)From left, Jason Burrell, 17; Rishan Zaman, 16, and Brian Lam, 16, work together in a pre-calculus class during the Bridge to Calculus summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Ten years after graduating, math majors out-earn graduates in other fields by about 17 percent, according to an analysis by the Burning Glass Institute using the education and job histories of more than 50 million workers. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)Teacher Jerry Howland explains an equation during the Bridge to Calculus summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)Steven Ramos, 16, speaks about the Bridge to Calculus summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Its a struggle. Its constant thinking, says Ramos who said he plans to become a computer or electrical engineer instead of following his brother and other relatives into construction work. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)Physics teacher Joe Paleologos works with students, from left, Wanci Li, 17; Trish Nguyen, 16, and Jillian Nguyen, 16, during the Bridge to Calculus summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)Boston Latin Academy student Lila Conley, 16, works on a pre-calculus problem during the Bridge to Calculus summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)Students, from left, Zhuo Yan Jiang, 18 of Boston Latin School; Shuyi Zheng, 17 of Boston Latin Academy, and Wan Xin Chen, 17 of the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science, work during a coding class in the Bridge to Calculus summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)Kevin Tran, 16, right, speaks about the Bridge to Calculus summer program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Like a lot of high school students, Tran loves superheroes, though perhaps for different reasons than his classmates. Theyre all insanely smart. In their regular jobs theyre engineers, theyre scientists, he says. And you cant do any of those things without math. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)Director Dr. Bindu Veetel speaks about the Bridge to Calculus program at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. They have so many options with math, said Veetel, who said the programs alumni have gone on to software, electrical and civil engineering, math research and other careers. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)
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Bridge to Calculus summer program participants, from left, Steven Ramos, Kevin Dang, Kevin Tran, Peter St. Louis-Severe, Elian Martinez, and Wintana Tewolde pose for a photo on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Some of the graduates of Bridge to Calculus end up enrolling at Northeastern and proceeding to its highly ranked computer science and engineering programs, which like those at other U.S. universities struggle to attract homegrown talent. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)