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Radical Equations:

Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project
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Beacon Press, 2001 - Education - 233 pages
At a time when popular solutions to the educational plight of poor children of color are imposed from the outside-national standards, high-stakes tests, charismatic individual saviors-the acclaimed Algebra Project and its founder, Robert Moses, offer a vision of school reform based in the power of communities.

Begun in 1982, the Algebra Project is transforming math education in twenty-five cities. Founded on the belief that math-science literacy is a prerequisite for full citizenship in society, the Project works with entire communities-parents, teachers, and especially students-to create a culture of literacy around algebra, a crucial stepping-stone to college math and opportunity.

Telling the story of this remarkable program, Robert Moses draws on lessons from the 1960s Southern voter registration he famously helped organize: "Everyone said sharecroppers didn't want to vote. It wasn't until we got them demanding to vote that we got attention. Today, when kids are falling wholesale through the cracks, people say they don't want to learn. We have to get the kids themselves to demand what everyone says they don't want."

We see the Algebra Project organizing community by community. Older kids serve as coaches for younger students and build a self-sustained tradition of leadership. Teachers use innovative techniques. And we see the remarkable success stories of schools like the predominately poor Hart School in Bessemer, Alabama, which outscored the city's middle-class flagship school in just three years.

Radical Equations provides a model for anyone looking for a community-based solution to the problems of our disadvantaged schools.

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Review: Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project

User Review  - Kevin Burns - Goodreads

Bob Moses has brilliant ideas of how to improve the school systems: his Algebra project. School curriculum must change with the times and the study of math needs to be addressed. In his book it seemed ... Read full review

Review: Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project

User Review  - Anthony Braxton - Goodreads

I read this book as part of an Equity Reading group. Not one of my favorite subjects (mathematics) as a school leader I needed to broaden my understanding of Algebra as a "gatekeeper" for college and ... Read full review

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Radical Equations by Bob Moses | The Algebra Project
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Radical Equations: An Interview with Bob Moses
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'Radical Equations' - Vol 15 No 4 - Rethinking Schools Online
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About the author (2001)

Robert P. Moses is the winner of many awards including a MacArthur fellowship and a Heinz Award in the Human Condition. Coauthor Charles E. Cobb, Jr., for thirty years a journalist for major magazines, is currently senior writer at allAfrica.com.

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TitleRadical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project
AuthorsRobert Moses, Charles E. Cobb
Editionreprint
PublisherBeacon Press, 2001
ISBN0807031275, 9780807031278
Length233 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Education / General
Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Mathematics
Mathematics / Algebra / General
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
  
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