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Math students tackle cryptography

Math students tackle cryptography

University of Illinois at Chicago professors craft program to show middle schoolers that problem solving is fun

Wednesday July 22, 2009

...UIC professors decided to expand the concept into an after-school program, with the help of the national math literacy group, The Young People's Project.

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer Alice Walker and Civil Rights Leader Bob Moses Reflect on an Obama Presidency and the Struggle for

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer Alice Walker and Civil Rights Leader Bob Moses Reflect on an Obama Presidency and the Struggle for

Tuesday January 20, 2009

 Bob Moses is one of the leading civil rights icons from the 1960s. He was the former field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC. The New York Times once wrote, “In Mississippi, Bob Moses was the equivalent of Martin Luther King.” Moses is also the founder of the Algebra Project, a foundation devoted to improving minority education in math. The author, poet and activist Alice Walker won the 1983 Pulitzer for her book The Color Purple. She has written many other bestselling books, including In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens and Possessing the Secret of Joy.

 

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/1/20/pulitzer_prize_winning_writer_alice_waters#

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Civil rights leader instructs, inspires

Civil rights leader instructs, inspires

Sunday January 18, 2009

Dr. Robert Moses, legendary Civil Rights leader and founder of The Algebra Project, speaks to Modesto youth at the King-Kennedy Center in Modesto, Saturday afternoon. January 17, 2009 (Bart Ah You/The Modesto Bee)
http://www.modbee.com/1618/story/568596.html

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Finding Happiness Beyond the Classroom

Finding Happiness Beyond the Classroom

Thursday January 01, 2009

http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?id=3170

I am employed to empower youth. I’m not sure there’s anything more fulfilling than this.

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The New Math

The New Math

Monday December 01, 2008

The best and brightest of the Baltimore City school system are taking education into their own hands.

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