Making Math Personal

Notes on this Issue

Letter from Jill Davidson, Horace editor.

Feature Articles

Working the Demand Side: An Inteview with the Algebra Project's Robert Moses.
Interview conducted by Victor Cary, Bay Area Coalition of Equitable Schools

What is Essential in a High School Mathematics Curriculum Framework? New Mission High School's Response to the Challenge of Designing and Supporting a Meaningful Mathematics Curriculum
by Roser Giné

Making Math Personal: Meaning in Mathematics for Teachers and Students
by Jill Davidson

Book Reviews

City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education
by Pedro Noguera
reviewed by Lisette Lopez

Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do About the Real Crisis in Public Education
edited by Carl Glickman, forward by Bill Cosby
reviewed by Jill Davidson

Teaching the Restless: One School's Remarkable No-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn and Succeed
by Chris Mercogliano
reviewed by Jill Davidson

Where to Go for More

Samples of the Three Mathematical Elements at New Mission High School: Mathematical Modeling, Mathematical Proof and Problem-Solving

Resources for Conceptualizing the Curriculum and Teaching Particular Math Units

Resources for Making Math More Personal

Go to the Source: More about the Schools Featured in this Issue