Essential Mathematics Education

Notes on this Issue

Letter from Jill Davidson, Horace editor

Feature Articles

Translating Success: How Careful Planning Within a Problems-Based Curriculum Can Prepare Students to Enter College-Level Math Classes
by Jessica Fillmore, Amy Biehl High School

What if Less Is Just Less? The Role of Depth over Breadth in the Secondary Mathematics Curriculum
by Roser Gine and Diane Kruse, Parker Charter Essential School

Discourse Time! Developing Argumentative Literacy in the Math Classroom
by David I. Singer, Skyview Academy High School

Radical Math: Creating Balance in an Unjust World, Conference Report
by Jill Davidson

The Case for Creativity in Math Education
by Mark Lonergan, Boston Arts Academy

Applying the Common Principles to Math Successes and Challenges
by Ankur Dalal, Vanguard High School

One Instructor's Quest for a Collaborative Professional Culture
by Jimmy Frickey, Eagle Rock High School

Book Reviews

Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools by Sharon L. Nichols and David C. Berliner
reviewed by Jill Davidson

Can We Talk about Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation by Beverly Daniel Tatum
reviewed by Jill Davidson

Resources

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