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Bob Moses keynote at “Good Schools/Bad Schools” workshop

admin — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:00:50 +0000

Title: Bob Moses keynote at “Good Schools/Bad Schools” workshop
Location: Columbia University School of Journalism, 455 Lerner Hall
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Description: Bob Moses, Algebra Project, Inc. President, is to deliver a keynote speech today at the Columbia University School of Journalism four-day workshop, “Good Schools/Bad Schools,” the New York Times Institute Fellowship on Education Reporting. The sessions are co-sponsored by the
Atlantic Philanthropies and the Spencer Foundation for Education Research. About fifty participants will be accepted as the Education Journalism
Institute Fellows. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams is filming Moses’ talk, as part of a profile on Omo Moses and the Young Peoples’ Project. For more info on the education workshop at Columbia this week, please see, http://bit.ly/c4FOHh For information on NBC’s “Education Nation” coverage this week, please see, http://www.educationnation.com/
Start Time: 01:15
Date: 2010-09-30
End Time: 02:30

“Third American Revolution”

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:53:39 +0000

Third American Revolution
Civil Rights Activist speaks at UTM
This article appeared in the Jackson Sun (Feb 26,2010)

http://www.algebra.org/articles/Bob_Moses-UTM_Article-Third_American_Revolution.pdf

TheGrio’s 100: Omo Moses, equating things for next generation

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:34:27 +0000

By Myranda Stephens

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

Omo Moses could be called a product of activism. His parents were both civil rights leaders in Mississippi during the 1960s, then relocated to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War draft. From there, they moved to Tanzania where Moses was born. His full name, Omowale, is the same name the people of Nigeria gave to Malcolm X when the civil rights leader journeyed there. This is a fact Moses would later learn on his own.

“I said [to my parents], ‘Why didn’t ya’ll tell me this?’” Moses said, laughing. “I might’ve felt a lot better about it.”

Moses’ parents eventually moved back to the U.S., where his dad Bob Moses, received the MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award.” His father started the Algebra Project, a program that helps low-income and minority students attain mathematical skills needed for college. Omo Moses and his siblings automatically became a part of the project, too.

“As early as eighth grade, we were tutoring kids,” the 37-year-old said.

Following in his father’s footsteps, Moses helped create a similar program in 1996 called the Young People’s Project, where students empower other students through math. Each year, the organization trains and employs 500 high school and college students (through a small stipend) to teach math to 5,000 elementary- and middle-school students and community members from Mississippi to California.

“What we exemplify is the type of work that young people can do to accelerate themselves and support other young people to accelerate themselves,” says Moses, the program’s executive director.

Moses and his team are also involved in other educational initiatives, including a group called Quality Education as a Constitutional Right. This initiative aims to create a national conversation about a proposed constitutional amendment that could guarantee that all children have the right to a quality education.

“Whether you get an amendment or you don’t, the goal is about shifting education,” Moses said. “No matter how many kids we help improve test scores, as an organization, we still have to help kids who the system is failing.”

Moses speaks like a true activist, following in the path of the great men who share his name.

A Community Inspired

admin — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:29:12 +0000

On the morning of December 8th, 2007, the Algebra Project board members and staff were welcomed by Peabody Middle School, who hosted a Community Rally. Danny Glover, current Algebra Project board member, spoke passionately to an audience half comprised of high school and college students.

Petersburg People’s News

The Progressive Index

Oct. ’09 PDK: An Interview with Deborah Ball and Bob Moses

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:08:24 +0000

From the October 2009 issue of Phi Delta Kappan Magazine
“When Algebra Project creator Bob Moses and math researcher Deborah Ball talk, their conversation is less about the mechanics of math and more about issues of equity and education.”

read full interview >>