This is in response to “Is There an Algebra Overkill” (Oct. 13, 2010). The United States cannot have it both ways. We want to keep our high-tech jobs within the country, and, at the same time, we do ...
A popular humorist and avowed mathphobe once declared that in real life, there’s no such thing as algebra. Kathie Wilson knows better. Most of the students in her 8th grade class will be thrust into ...
As leaders of science and engineering departments at a public university, we have front row seats to the outcomes of America’s approach to kindergarten-12th grade (K-12) math education. We see ...
Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it. By Troy Closson From suburbs in the Northeast to ...
The next civil rights court battle for California higher education may be about algebra. California State University is finalizing new system-wide math policies as part of an initiative to increase ...