MATH LITERACY IS THE KEY TO 21st CENTURY CITIZENSHIP

Quality Education as a Constitutional Right Creating a Grassroots Movement to Transform Public School Theresa Perry, Robert P. Moses, Ernesto Cortés Jr., Lisa Delpit, Joan T. Wynne A passionately argued case for a new civil rights movement—centered on schools Legendary civil rights leader and education activist Robert Moses invited one hundred prominent African American and [...]

Ed Dubinsky and Robin Wilson’ article, “High School Students’ Understanding of the Function Concept,” will be published in March 2013 issue of the Journal of Mathematical Behavior 32 (2013) 83 101. For a pre-publication draft PDF, click here *** Introduction In the United States and throughout the world, there is a cacophonous debate about the [...]

Bob Moses’s keynote, “Math and the Freedom to Learn: Quantitative and Language Literacy as a Feature of Constitutional Personhood”, at the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) on Saturday, November 17, 2012, is available online at http://vimeopro.com/vc1/ashe2012  Bob is introduced by Deborah Faye Carter of Claremont Graduate University, who [...]

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Mar 01

2013

12:00 AM

Dubinsky & Wilson\'s research on students\' understanding of the function concept :
The Journal of Mathematical Behavior 32 (2013), pp. 83-101

Feb 07

2013

12:00 AM

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Civil Rights Leader: Increasing Math Literacy an Extension of Desegregation : As a young man, Dr. Robert Moses worked to register black voters in the South in the early 1960s. He went on to found the Algebra Project. Its mission is to improve math literacy in disadvantaged students. KQED\'s Paul Lancour speaks with Dr. Moses about California\'s decision to drop the algebra requirement for eight graders -- and how his push for better math skills is an extension of his earlier work for desegregation.
KQED Public Radio, San Francisco, online archive

Feb 06

2013

07:00 PM

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Bob Moses to keynote UC Santa Cruz 29th annual MLK Memorial Convocation :
University of California-Santa Cruz

Oct 17

2011

06:30 AM - 08:00 AM

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Bob Moses QECR talk Monday, Oct. 17th, 6:30pm EDT on CSPAN BookTV : Bob Moses\' presentation about the Quality Education as a Constitutional Right book (Beacon Press, 2010) will be covered by CSPAN Book TV tonight, Monday, Oct. 17th at 6:30pm Eastern Time (5:30pm Central/3:30pm Pacific). The event is at Busboys & Poets, 14th & V streets, NW, Washington, DC, and online streaming video will be available during the presentation on booktv.org The online video will then be archived on the CSPAN BookTV website for future viewing.
Busboys & Poets, 14th & V Streets, NW, Washington, D.C.

Feb 04

2011

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

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Civil Rights Legends John Doar & Bob Moses Invite you to a conversation and booksigning to discuss Quality Education as a Constitutional Right. : Friday Feb. 4th @ Florida International University College of Law, Miami, FL
Florida International University College of Law, Miami, FL

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Each year, P Sterling Stuckey, a historian and civil rights veteran, generously contributes to AP in honor of Yvonne Stevens and Wilhemenia Evans—two sisters who introduced him to the civil rights movement. We asked Dr. Stuckey to tell their story from his perspective.

The Algebra Project, Inc. is a national, nonprofit organization that uses mathematics as an organizing tool to ensure quality public education for every child in America.