[j2kun]

Low standards for math teachers is a huge concern, and Lockhart addresses it too, I believe.

Some possible ways to help: give teachers less class time and more time to prepare interesting lessons, pay teachers more, raise the standards of training and hiring.

[teach]

And that's the real problem: those things all cost money. Quite a bit, actually.

[j2kun]

I can't think of a more worthy cause, and it would be chump change compared to what we spend on bailouts/wars/petty politics.