Math for All, Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
In February 1942, a college dean stood before the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and said, calmly, what most curriculum documents today are careful never to say outright. Harl Douglass, director of the College of Education at the University of Colorado, Boulder, proposed that American high schools split their mathematics curriculum in two. One…
We’ve Been Asking the Wrong Question
What “access” assumes, and what it costs There is a moment in Hidden Figures that everyone remembers. Kevin Costner’s character hands Katherine Johnson (played by Taraji P. Henson) a piece of chalk. She steps to the board. The room watches her work the equation no one else in the room could solve, and for a moment, the…
Friends and Family Amidst the Rubble
I discuss my personal journey that has brought me both hardship and invaluable relationships. Overcoming trials including the loss of loved ones, I found support in friends and family from the academic world. Through continuous struggles, these connections provided comfort, laughter, and a sense of belonging, making them vital.