Every few years, 15-year-old American students participate in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a standardized test comparing student skills in various countries. And every few years, our students fail the math section. On the last test we finished 22nd, out of 26 countries. Our organization, the Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Literacy, has just released the startling results of a survey which shows our financial literacy tracks our math skills.
According to our survey, the same math problems plaguing 15 year-olds continue to vex us into adulthood. The average American cannot answer basic math quest....