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A government prepared: Organizing for math and science education reform

Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1992
The reform of K-12 math and science education will require a national, multisector, bipartisan effort sustained for at least two decades. The effort will involve all levels of government, communities, local businesses, and schools. The federal government has a pivotal role to play.
Lewis M Branscomb
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California Spars Over Math Reform

Science, 1997
EDUCATIONOnce a shining example of how to implement standards-based reform, California is now a battleground between groups that want to continue those reforms and those that say the effort should be redirected to account for the needs of students, teachers, and parents.
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Ahead of the Game? Course-Taking Patterns Under a Math Pathways Reform

Educational Researcher
A controversial, equity-focused mathematics reform in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) featured delaying Algebra I until ninth grade for all students. This study examines student-level longitudinal data on mathematics course-taking across successive cohorts of SFUSD students who spanned the reform’s implementation.
Sarah Novicoff, Elizabeth Huffaker
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The New Math in Hungary: Tamás Varga’s Complex Mathematics Education Reform

History of Mathematics Education, 2023
Katalin Gosztonyi
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The Guide to Math & Science Reform

School Science and Mathematics, 1995
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The Inevitable Math behind Entitlement Reform

New England Journal of Medicine, 2018
The Inevitable Math behind Entitlement Reform At some point, Americans will probably be unwilling to pay higher taxes or increase borrowing to fund public health care programs.
Michael E, Chernew, Austin B, Frakt
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Reflections on Math Reforms in the U.S.

Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
Understanding how various aspects of mathematics education work together is necessary if reform efforts are to succeed, Ms. Newton argues. She compares U.S. and Chinese mathematics education to provide perspectives that might further such understanding.
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Reforming Junior Cycle: Lessons from Project Maths

2021
The focus of this chapter is on mathematics education and, in particular, a curriculum initiative, “Project Maths”, that predated the current round of junior cycle reform in Ireland. Project Maths was a major reform of post-primary mathematics education in Ireland and involved changes to what students learnt in mathematics, how they learnt it and how ...
Chris Byrne, Mark Prendergast, Elizabeth Oldham   +2 more
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Constance Kamii's research and recent math reforms

Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2001
Constance Kamii. (1990). Multiplication of two‐digit numbers: Two teachers using Piaget's theory. [Videotape.] New York: Teachers College Press. ISBN 0–8077–3086–6, Cdn $86.
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Placing math reform: locating Latino English learners in math classrooms and communities

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2014
This article explores how place matters in public school reform efforts intended to promote more equitable opportunities and outcomes. Qualitative case studies of three California middle schools’ eighth grade math reforms and the resulting opportunities for Latino English learners are presented, using the conceptual frameworks of critical human ...
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