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Algebra, the New Civil Right (1993)
Foreword by Ben Moynihan “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi,” or, “it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot.”― An Akan proverb from Ghana, West Africa (1) Consider the Sankofa bird, facing forward with its beak cherishing an egg while looking back, like...
Piloting a Pre-Service Course to Produce More Algebra Project Teachers
How can the nation produce more math teachers able to reach students in underserved schools? To address this question, Dr. Nell Cobb and two experienced Algebra Project teachers from Florida are partnering with Broward College and Broward County, Florida, Public...
Katherine Johnson Family Gives Naming Permission to Emerging Math Institute
The Katherine G. Johnson Mathematics Teacher Training Institute (MTTI) planning committee, a collaborative effort between Southern Initiative Algebra Project (SIAP) and faculty and staff from the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), is excited to announce...
“Everyone’s Rectangle is the Same Size”: How Remote Learning Shaped How We Teach
This year we have all been sicker and more tired than ever before. We are trying to push through and we aim to work with students and not merely teach AT them. They are the reason we are there, they are the integral part of our community, our family, and the school...