Not all of us are parents or teachers, but I’ve long asserted that education is a “public good,” something…
Lots of people make one of two incorrect assumptions about me. I’m a writer, so they initially assume that I…
So the person who inspired this series on Algebra is my dear friend Michele “Wojo” Wojciechowski – a very funny writer and…
Parks and Recreation, the Amy Poeler-driven mocumentary on NBC about a small-town parks department, features a tightly wound character,…
Math is black-and-white, with right-or-wrong answers. It’s hard to color outside the lines in math. While I often argue…
A Math for Grownups follower asked me earlier this week to define algebra, and I thought that was an…
Hating on algebra is all the rage these days. From New York Times editorials to cute little Facebook images, it seems…
So last summer, I wrote about my disdain for math-geared summer camps. And I was summarily schooled by my friend…