And don't forget item #0: replace almost all of the existing elementary math teachers with people who are not afraid of math.

One of my dark secrets is that I spent one term in an elementary ed (MAT) program, in which 28 out of the carefully-selected cohort of 30 graduate students openly admitted to being math-phobic. The exceptions: myself, and a second-career individual coming from an entrepreneurial background. Aagh! And there's the answer to the question of poor math achievement in NA.


...pronounced like the long vowel and first letter of the alphabet...