It is a season of drought for our children’s education, from which Trump’s cleavers lop off limbs and branches. And yet, in the arid season, visible are glimmers of good news for Colorado’s elementary and middle school students: CMAS test results show improvement to their pre-pandemic performance in mathematics and literacy. Mathematics results are a bright spot for fourth- through eighth-grade kids compared with 2024 results. Simply put, it’s pleasing to hear this for those of us who for years have lamented the poor penetration of mathematics pedagogy among some segments of our students.

Without going into the weeds, it’s been shown that the study of mathematics is the keystone to understanding all science; I would furthermore posit that mathematics is the basis of all learning.

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