Proposal
According to the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment, 68% of Brazilian students are at their worst proficiency level in math, below what is considered basic for the full citizenship exercise. This performance puts Brazil between the 69th and 72nd places on a list of 79 nations and indicates a three and a half year delay in comparison with students from OECD countries. Educational organizations highlight the need for interventions with younger children – a strategy which is aligned with new theories of education based on neuroscience that indicate higher math teaching efficacy during the first school years.