Your children are at risk. Thus, in- dustry, universities, and the armed forces are burdened by extensive and costly demands for remedial education. Today's mathematics opens doors to tomorrow's jobs. As successive waves of immigrants have used this country's ed- ucational system to secure better lives for themselves and their children, so today's children the world over are using mathematical training as a platform on which to build up their lives. America's children deserve the same chance.
Children can succeed in mathematics.
Many do so in other countries and some do so in this country. The evidence from other nations shows overwhelmingly that if more is expected in mathematics education, more will be achieved. Clear expectations of success by parents, by schools, and by society can promote success by students. Children can succeed in mathematics. If more is expected, more will be achieved.