RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Algebra Project: Organizing in the Spirit of Ella
JF Harvard Educational Review
JO herp
FD Harvard Educational Press
SP 423
OP 444
DO 10.17763/haer.59.4.27402485mqv20582
VO 59
IS 4
A1 Moses, Robert
A1 Kamii, Mieko
A1 Swap, Susan McAllister
A1 Howard, Jeffrey
YR 1989
UL http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/59/4/423.abstract
AB This article analyzes the unique impact of civil rights organizing — in the spirit of Ella Baker — on the grassroots effort of a community activist parent, Robert Moses. Moses, who is also a mathematician, argues that all children should have access to the college preparatory mathematics curriculum of the high schools, and that children without access to such programs are barred from acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary for participation in an economy driven by rapid technological change. In this article, the authors describe the interaction among parents, students, and teachers engaged in The Algebra Project, a seven-year ongoing effort to establish a pedagogy of mathematics that expects, encourages, and supports every student to study algebra at the middle-school level.