The We the People-Math Literacy for All Alliance (WTP-ML4A) and the Algebra Project, Inc., are holding a July 28th, 29th & 30th, 2022, virtual planning and working conference celebrating and seeking to steward Bob Moses’ vision. With the engagement of the WTP-ML4A participants, allies, and the public, we are committed to building a country where everyone is fully literate in mathematics and every student is provided a rich, structured, and engaging opportunity to experience mathematics as a meaningful, joyful and creative human activity. Sessions will feature young people and teachers sharing their demands for resources that will allow them to be successful in teaching and learning mathematics. There will also be opportunities to showcase current and planned direct work with schools and districts and their collaborators in formal and informal learning settings.

You can register here and view the agenda and speakers here.

Below is a background statement on the conference. We encourage you to share it with your networks. (Click here to open the PDF in a new tab in order to download, print, or click hyperlinks.)

We the People Math Literacy for All Alliance in conjunction with The Algebra Project is excited to announce a virtual working conference scheduled for this July! Being held July 28th and 29th, we have formally opened up a Call for Proposals and encourage all interested to submit. Submissions are due April 7th.

The conference is multi-faceted, both designed to honor and explore Bob Moses’ legacy as well as output tangible work. We are looking for a wide-range of proposals including:

– Events and work that honors and advances Bob Moses’s legacy.

– Forums for young people and teachers to share their ideas and present their real demands for money, structures, and resources that will allow them to be successful in teaching and learning mathematics.

– Sessions designed by young people and teachers that demonstrate success and share useful practices that support math literacy.

– Highlights of practitioner-researcher collaborations currently in process in both informal and formal learning settings.

We are interested in workshops, interactive discussions, presentations and poster sessions. You can learn more and submit a proposal by following this link.

Dear Friends of the Algebra Project – it is with great sadness that we share news of the unexpected passing of Dr. David W. Henderson yesterday, following being struck by a car in a pedestrian crosswalk on Wednesday, December 19.  David’s transformative work with the Algebra Project and the Alliance since 2005 infused experiential approaches to Geometry curriculum materials and professional development strategies. David was a world-renowned researcher of mathematics and mathematics education and loving family man.  His loss is incalculable; he will be sorely missed.  We will share updates as we learn more from the family.

Update: Read more about David Henderson’s life in this article published by Cornell Chronicle.

A memorial service is scheduled for February 23 at 11 a.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall at Cornell.

CAS Math Games hosted at SFC Dean Budzban 04-28-18 Zandrea Moore and Luana Schwank celebrate the win

An Alton team won the National Flagway Tournament sponsored by the Young People’s Project (YPP) for the second straight year Saturday, April 28 at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Student Fitness Center. The SIUE College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) hosted the second annual mathematics competition… Read more

The old adage of needing a “math gene” to succeed in mathematics is being challenged, with grit being arguably the single-most important factor in eventual success in mathematics. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences Dean Greg Budzban, PhD, believes this to be true for the majority of students, and is leading the local charge in gamifying mathematics to engage young learners and foster a passion for the subject.

To read more, visit SIUE’s News page