Algebra is the language in which such patterns are most naturally phrased. It takes some practice to become fluent in algebra, because it’s loaded with what the French call “faux amis” — false friends that sound right in one language (in this case, English) but mean something horribly different when translated into another (here, the symbols of algebra).
A great deal of virtual ink has been spilled over the past week debating the merits of the California Board of Education’s decision to approve Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposal to require all 8th grade students to take Algebra.
Link to interviews, videos and articles of Bob Moses and AP and YPP students.
After a year in the classroom with female teachers who say they are anxious about math, girls are more likely to share that attitude -- and score lower on tests, researchers say.
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Read moreMichael Molina was born and raised in New Orleans and is now national co-coordinator of Quality Education is a Constitutional Right, formerly based in New Orleans and now in Atlanta. The organization has started a campaign for a federal amendment guaranteeing access to quality public education. Michael talked to about the situation of New Orleans schools today.
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Read moreEvery Sunday, on a chewed-up soccer field in Pasadena, Mexican immigrants play a game they learned barefoot in the dusty pueblos along a remote stretch of the Pacific coast. The Costa Chica team -- named for the picturesque coastline south of Acapulco -- has cut a winning path through the heart of an immigrant-dominated league in Pasadena, capturing three championships in two years.