When I went back to college in the mid 80’s kids had problems with math. First year students were required to take a proficiency exam. If you got 6 or fewer answers correct, you had to drop back to Math 094 or 096, depending on how badly you bombed it.
The one prof, who was may age and a friend, said all the professors were miffed because they knew they should not be teaching the basic math the kids were supposed to have learned in junior high much less high school.
Math is so “white”.