Elementary school Quote by Sal Khan

Andrew Hacker argues that algebra and trigonometry and calculus are subjects that almost nobody used after they graduate, and so why should we continue…

— Anya Kamenetz

Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach. Because it is looked at as a subject.

— Shakuntala Devi

It's not fair that kids feel like they have to be naturally gifted at math and science, but with , it's often pushed to…

— Peyton List

Why don't we want our children to learn to do mathematics? Is it that we don't trust them, that we think it's too hard?…

— Paul Lockhart

Math education has changed over the years. In the 19th century, they taught spherical trigonometry because one of the biggest applications of mathematics was…

— Terence Tao

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

— E. W. Howe

My students may have dexterity with the equations they're required to know, but they lack the capacity to apply their knowledge to real-life problems.…

— Priyamvada Natarajan

“All the geography, trigonometry, and arithmetic in the world are useless unless you learn to think for yourself. No school teaches you that. It's…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

I think the biggest misconception about mathematics is that everybody has to learn it. That seems to be a complete mistake. All the time…

— Freeman Dyson

All the time worrying about pushing the children and getting them to be mathematically literate and all that stuff. It's terribly hard on the…

— Freeman Dyson

Mathematics is like childhood diseases. The younger you get it, the better.

— Arnold Sommerfeld

“Why did math matter so much? Some reasons were practical: More and more jobs required familiarity with probability, statistics, and geometry. The other reason…

— Amanda Ripley