It's a fact not lost on American educators, who amid rising math failure rates are debating how math can better meet the real-life needs of students.

在数学不及格率不断上升的背景下，美国教育工作者正在讨论如何让数学更好地满足学生的实际需求，而这是一个美国教育工作者不容忽视的事实。