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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 26, 20173 min read
Here We Go Again With Algebra
As a math teacher I’m often presented with what, if you think about it, is blatant rudeness: Other: What do you do? Me: I’m a math...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 22, 20172 min read
Arithmetic to algebra in a semester
Remedial math is the Bermuda triangle of community colleges. Many enter. Few go on to pass a college-level math class. City University of...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 2, 20171 min read
NC schools don’t push low-income achievers
North Carolina’s public schools are failing to place low-income achievers in challenging classes, reports the Charlotte Observer, which...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 22, 20172 min read
Math is dehumanizing, says ‘justice’ course
Teaching Social Justice Through Secondary Mathematics, an EdX course designed by Teach for America, doesn’t just give middle-school...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 19, 20171 min read
83% of science aces are immigrants’ kids
Indrani Das, 17, won the Regeneron Science Talent Search this year for her study of a possible approach to treating the death of neurons...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 6, 20171 min read
More math, more money
“When states raise the number of math classes they require students to take in high school,” black students take more math and go on to...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 14, 20172 min read
Will movie inspire more black math aces?
Hidden Figures, which is getting good reviews, tells the story of three “colored computers” who helped the U.S. win the space race. As...
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