Cassidy has asked 35 institutions about incoming students' math abilities, citing a "crisis" in K-12 math education.

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January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. Is this a picture of something bad, or ...