The Algebra Project: Math Literacy is the Key to Citizenship in the 21st Century - carrying forward Bob Moses' vision for raising the floor of math literacy
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We're excited to share the prototype of the debut Algebra Project knowledge game, "Let's Take a Trip! Card Game". We've been piloting DIY versions in sites and schools nationally for close to a year and cannot wait for these to be publicly available for purchase. Stay tuned!
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We're excited to share an overview video of Math Makes Movement (M3), a national math literacy campaign from the Algebra Project! This initiative is focused on expanding access to high-quality math education across the United States.
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Bill Crombie walks us through how one student hit a wall with memorizing algorithms, until he helped her see that math can be intuitive. That moment sparked the mathematical card game he built to prove it.
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Math doesn’t lie. But the stories we tell about it sometimes do. Raw numbers of math proficiency broken down by race tell a story you don't typically see in headlines.
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Omo Moses of @mathtalkpbc launches his debut memoir January 21st!
"In his searing adult debut, Moses nimbly orchestrates the interplay between his and his ancestors’ voices. The result is a stirring blend of family history and coming-of-age narrative." - Publisher's Weekly
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A message to our supporters from our Executive Director Ben Moynihan. Watch the full video here: piped.video/watch?v=sVMw0WFc…
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How do you use math literacy as an organizing tool that will have impact beyond the math classroom itself? When students are put at the center, it excavates and uplifts their agency. When the math belongs to them, their ideas belong to them.
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Math classes often ask for you to check yourself at the door, that in there you are the ‘mathematician’.
Becoming a mathematician doesn’t mean you need to shapeshift. Your unique lived experiences are inherently mathematical.
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We were surprised and humbled to see Bob Moses, our late founder and president, honored at the DNC's "In Memoriam" segment as Patti LaBelle beautifully performed "You Are My Friend". Watch the moving tribute to Bob and many others below:
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How can middle schoolers best be prepared to take algebra? There’s no magic curriculum or pedagogy. It begins with community organizing. Neer-peer mentorship and meeting each school community where they are will always move the needle.
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Check out the trailer for Counted Out, an exploration of how math revolutionizes who has power—and who is counted out.
"The film is dedicated to Bob Moses whose work we follow in some of the last filmed interviews of his life."
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"This is an old problem. In effect, math instruction weeds out people and you wind up with what amounts to a priesthood, masters of the arcane secrets of math through what appears to be some God-given talent or magic." - Radical Equations, p. 9-10
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Everyone is capable of developing a high-level understanding of advanced mathematics. It is not a special talent reserved for a select few born with it.
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Hey, Friends of the Algebra Project! We've created a new social media toolkit. We want to hear from you why you support the Algebra Project or why math literacy is important to you using one of our pre-made images.
More info here: algebra.org/wp/social-media-…
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We are honored to participate as one of several organizations being highlighted at #NCTMDC23 in their video showcase. Check out our video on Algebra Project site development which will be airing throughout the conference. @NCTM @WebsEdgeScience
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We are honored to announce that Interim Executive Director Ben Moynihan is now Executive Director. Guiding the Project since Bob Moses' passing, he brings to the position his wealth of knowledge and an unwavering commitment to the communities we serve.
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As we continue our celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth we are reflecting on passages from the 2010 book, Quality Education as a Constitutional Right. A culmination of essays from activists, academics, and more, the book argues why we need a federal mandate for quality education.
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@ETSInsights has introduced their inaugural Bob Moses Scholarship. The portal to apply is now open and for more information you can contact ETSScholarships@ets.org
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What does this mean? To implement and sustain radical change, those with the problem need to be at the center of solving it, and we are committed to lifting up the voice and work of Black, poor, and under-served students, writers, and activists as a tool for organizing. (6/6)
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“We are, however, faced with how to sustain what we have begun. Changing this kind of relationship (between teacher and student) rests with the students. They are just beginning to think about how to organize themselves.” p. 168 (5/6)
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“What, then, is our crawl space? Like the crawl space created by the 1957 Civil Rights Act, it is a space created in the larger political and social world that we can use to our advantage.” p. 94 (4/6)
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“The key word here is you. Our efforts with our target population is what defines the radical nature of the Algebra Project, not program specifics.” p. 19 (3/6)
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“Two key aspects of the Mississippi organizing tradition underlie the Algebra Project: the centrality of families to the work of organizing, and organizing in the context of the community in which one lives and works.” p. 18 (2/6)
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In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth we wanted to share some excerpts from Bob Moses and Charles Cobb, Jr.’s book “Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project”. (1/6)
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The Bob Moses Conference this past weekend was a huge success, and we're grateful to have been a part of it. Executive Director Ben Moynihan was able to introduce and have a Q&A with Justice Goodwin Liu, and Board Member Margaret Burnham helped close out the weekend.
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And in the most recent Algebra Project video, we sat with AP Board Member @mrdannyglover to discuss the importance of #MathLiteracy and reflect on the mission Bob Moses passed on to us.
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Here we have archival footage hosted by @YPeoplesProject featuring Bob Moses and showing the mentoring program offered by the Young People's Project as well as Algebra Project curriculum.
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In this 2014 video, Moses explains the organizing he was involved in with Mississippi Sharecroppers in the 60s, and how the organizing style used then of holding meetings translates to modern day math classes.
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Check out our new video on the Algebra Project Youtube channel about the work we do in schools. Featuring board member @mrdannyglover and teachers and students from AP classrooms, we explain just what the Algebra Project is all about.
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A week from today at 1pm ET on the 21st, Kaylan Tanner, @cpollardjr, and Dr. Ashraf Esmail will be joining the monthly QECR Zoom meeting for a roundtable discussion on The Ride Revived. To sign up for the QECR mailing list visit, bit.ly/3AQOcJE Share with friends!
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The Algebra Project and the WTP-ML4A online national conference is at nearly 500 registrants! With your help, we can make it to 1000 in the next two weeks. Please share the link with your networks! Register for free here: bit.ly/3tsmoqf Thanks
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Watch Interim Executive Director Ben Moynihan's speech as he recalls the words of Bob Moses and calls on us to get involved with the work we, and many other invaluable organizations and individuals, continue to steward. @NEAFoundation @FNBO
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It was incredible to be a part of such an extraordinary event, and to witness the energy and passion from all the participating teachers and organizations. Thank you @NEAFoundation and @FNBO for all you do!
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The Algebra Project in conjunction with We the People Math Literacy for All Alliance is excited to announce a virtual working conference this July 28th-29th! We have opened up a Call for Proposals and encourage all interested to submit.
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“Students don’t come to the table empty handed. They come with their life experiences. So the issue is, how can we find in those life experiences the mathematical concepts. And then you want them to get ownership over those concepts.” piped.video/watch?v=s829QsGp…
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Bob Moses Algebra Project theory and practice, 2012 interview by Judith Green NYU Steinhardt School of Education piped.video/watch?v=cnyVIXmU… #bobmoses #happy87thbday #012335 #restinpower @AlgebraProject2 @nyusteinhardt #mathliteracyforall #qualityeducationasacivilright
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Thanks David Dennis & Al White for this amazing video of Sidney Poitier & Harry Belafonte visiting the Algebra Project with Bob Moses @ Northwest Middle School, Jackson MS, May 1993 piped.video/fYeXD8rAjBI #sidneypoitier #harrybelafonte #algebraproject #bobmoses #values
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