Improving Equity and Education: Why and How

Progress is possible. When I graduated from college, only 5\% of the new U.S. doctorates in mathematics went to women; now it is about 30\%. There is of course room (and need) for more progress. This paper begins with an account of my research about women and black mathematicians. The latter group claimed that racial equality can be achieved only when better elementary school mathematics education is available to all children in this country. That motivated me to lead a seven-year, grant-supported program to work with elementary school teachers and children in nine New Jersey districts, including Newark, Paterson, and Passaic. I share some disturbing, startling stories about this time as well as some stories of remarkable success. Recent admonitions to raise standards for all\u27\u27 motivate a personal story about my mentally retarded brother; he and I needed and were given very different types of education. I then offer nine reasons for promoting mathematics education for all, three things good teachers need, and a few more suggestions for improving equity and education. The paper includes photographs and references to important books

Founders, Feminists, and a Fascist -- Some Notable Women in the Missouri Section of the MAA

In the history of the Missouri Section of the MAA, some of the more interesting people who influenced the growth and development of the section through the years were and are women. In this chapter, we discuss the contributions of a few (certainly not all) of these women to the Missouri Section and mathematics as a whole, including Emily Kathryn Wyant (founder of KME), Margaret F. Willerding (who dealt with sexism in the 1940s), Maria Castellani (an official in Mussolini’s Italy before coming to America), and T. Christine Stevens (co-founder of Project NExT). Without them, and others like them, both mathematics and the Missouri Section of the MAA would be poorer

Mathematics, A Practical Approach

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Math Power: How To Help Your Child Love Math, Even If You Don\u27t

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Winning Women Into Mathematics

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Linear Mathematics: A Practical Approach

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Childbirth, Cooperative Style: Family Experience With Prepared Childbirth And Prenatal Classes

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Math Power: How To Help Your Child Love Math, Even If You Don\u27t

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Change Is Possible: Stories Of Women And Minorities In Mathematics

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