Word: algebra
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...section is led by assistant managing editor Dan Goodgame, whose wife teaches English at a community college. They have three sons in public schools, and Dan says they're "reintroducing me to the joys of algebra...
Goldstone, whose schedule already includes Physics 16: "Mechanics and Special Relativity" and Math 25a: "Honors Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra," said he feels confident that college courses will be more interesting than high school classes...
Doerr is a man whose ear thousands of start-up entrepreneurs vie for, yet he spends a few hours each week seeking to improve public education. "The one thing we know about this new economy," he says, "is that if you can't do algebra, if you can't do symbolic reasoning, you are going to get left behind forever...
...school committee members say they have to scale back to a few goals, two years after they drew up 11 ambitious objectives for the school system--which ranged from making sure students pass algebra in eighth grade to teaching organizational, research and study skills...
MATH-TEXT WOES If you've ever tried to help your kid with algebra homework and marveled at the poor quality of her textbook, you're in good company. The American Association for the Advancement of Science evaluated the dozen texts used most widely in U.S. schools and found only seven to be even "adequate." It found that five other texts "lacked potential for student learning." These texts failed to engage students, develop math concepts or encourage students' thinking skills. See the Association's site at project2061.org for a summary and list of the texts evaluated...