Word: math
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Dr. Max Beberman, 45, originator of the still controversial "new math"; of heart disease; in London. Beberman revised the conventional mathematics curriculum for an experimental high school in Urbana, Ill., in the early 1950s on the premise that learning by rote bores children. His techniques encouraged students to discover basic mathematical principles on their own initiative, and though some remain skeptical, the new math is coming into increasing use throughout...
...third black worker present, Charles Parks, told Coleman that McNeil's assignment to a "racist" union-taught remedial-math course was unfair, as other workers were going to schools closer to their homes, Colemanreplied that while it is licensed by the state, the school nearest McNeil's house is not recognized by Harvard's Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC), and a transfer would have to be brought up before the JATC...
McNeil, leading the questioning for nearly half of the 90-minute encounter, demanded that labor relations director Richard W. Coleman explain why the three other electrician's apprentices-all white-had received automatic raises while he did not, and why he had been transferred into a "racist" remedial math course...
Coleman told the group that McNeil's transfer to a union-run remedial math course, taught by an instructor McNeil termed "racist", was temporary. The personnel department is in the process of meeting with the Ed School to get a "better" course for all apprentices, he said...
...reasons for rejecting Ryan were not clear. Ryan, who was reportedly eager to take the job after an alumnus enthusiastically told the committee about him, was considered a likely choice by some because of his educational background (Ph. D. in math) and his young age. He was also thought to be the dynamic sort of person Harvard needed...