California needs real math education, not gimmicks
The Author may have good points, but there is still a lot of value in teaching basic statistics, and I don&#x27;t understand why Algebra is required to understand basic stats.<p>Even just learning the basic descriptive statistics and getting people fluent in reading charts can be very valuable. The fact that they may not understand the deeper nuances is fine in my opinion.<p>Also... I work with a lot of data analysts and data scientists, and I really question if 90%+ of them have even a faintest understanding of their calculus course material. Most took the courses, promptly forgot everything, and just learned what they needed for their job, or use tools built by people who actually know the details.