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Putting Sums back into Summer

Posted on January 31, 2022 by msaul

by Scott Taylor Colby College Waterville, ME  Every math teacher hears the “What’s it good for?” complaint. Even elementary students want to know what math is good for. But children, especially those who are at risk of not succeeding academically, … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam N. N. Konstantinov

Posted on September 12, 2021 by msaul

by Mark Saul This summer marks the thirtieth year since the end of the Soviet Union.  It also marks the passing of one of the great figures of Russian mathematical culture, Nicholas Nikolayevich Konstantinov.  This note concerns both events, but … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year(?)

Posted on January 6, 2021 by msaul

Mark Saul, Editor Mathematics and mathematicians rarely make press.  So it was a bit sweet, but mostly bitter, to read in the New Yorker of the deaths of John Conway, Ronald Graham, and Freeman Dyson, three great losses to our profession.  … Continue reading →

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MATH ON THE BORDER: Working with unaccompanied migrant children in Federal custody

Posted on October 19, 2020 by msaul

The events recounted here happened in January 2020. The program described has been suspended during the COVID crisis.  Perhaps there will be no need for it when the crisis is over.  Nadia looked at me with big brown eyes and … Continue reading →

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MATHEMATICS: GATEKEEPER OR GATEWAY?

Posted on February 14, 2019 by msaul

Some recent writers on mathematics education have been talking about mathematics as a field enjoying ’unearned privilege’ as a ‘gatekeeper’ in our society.  The more I think about it, the less sense this makes. For some writers, the reference may … Continue reading →

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Mathematical Culture Beyond the Classroom

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Ben Braun

Benjamin Braun, Editor-in-Chief, University of Kentucky Mathematics is the result of human curiosity and our desire to explain, predict, and explore observed and imagined phenomena. Our shared curiosity and sense of wonder is the wellspring of our mathematical culture. Yet … Continue reading →

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On the Culture of Making Things

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Diana White

By Nicholas Long, Stephen F. Austin State University In one of life’s weird coincidences, when I moved to a small town in East Texas to start my academic career at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) ten years ago, I … Continue reading →

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