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If North Carolina high school junior Katie Denton struggles with her Algebra 2 homework, she knows she’s not on her own. Denton can use her school-issued smartphone to send instant messages to her ...

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For most people, the word "algebra" conjures classroom memories of Xs and Ys. Weekend Edition's math guy, Keith Devlin, says that's because most schools do a terrible job of teaching it. He talks with ...

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In their article “Make Math a Gateway, Not a Gatekeeper” (The Chronicle, April 23), Anthony S. Bryk and Uri Treisman describe a problem and how the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ...