Woldum, a South graduate, considered teaching art but turned to math because it was difficult for her as a student. She even failed her algebra class in high school.

Are American schools making inequality worse? Unequal access to rigorous mathematics content found to be widening the gap in international math literacy test Date: September 30, 2015 Source ...

And the struggles aren't limited to low-income kids, the study's author said. "For math, income inequality was associated with lower achievement for both poor and non-poor students alike," said ...