Donald and Antonia Chacon-Taylor, ages 10 and 9, may not be representative children for a story about math in public schools. Mom has a Ph.D. in physics. Dad has a Ph.D. in chemistry. But they ...
ON May 6, the Seattle School Board voted on the purchase of high-school math textbooks, and the results were both disappointing and tragic. In a 4-3vote, the board adopted the Discovering Math series: ...
There is no shortage of popular books and lectures on math—but they can only teach us so much. Mathematics has long been presented as a sanctuary from confusion and doubt, a place to go in search of ...