The Washington Times

Two recent studies show that K-12 teachers’ nagging ignorance of fundamentals has contributed to historic declines in U.S. math performance.

The National Council on Teacher Quality reported Tuesday that just 13% of the 838 elementary teacher training programs it examined nationwide devoted enough time to “fundamental math content topics” such as numbers, operations, algebraic thinking, geometry, measurement, data analysis and probability. The nation has just over 1,600 colleges of education.