This conference will be held in the new Simon's Auditorium at MSRI in Berkeley, California.

Knowledge of mathematics in the technology and information age has been likened to reading literacy in the industrial age. In each case knowledge is the enabler, the ticket to full participation in society and to some measure of economic well-being. This conference will explore the historical and current challenges to quality and equity in the teaching and learning of mathematics, both in the U.S. and internationally. The exploration will feature case studies of successful and not-so-successful efforts, with the goal of learning together how to improve and refine that which works and correct that which doesn't.

The intended audience is broadly inclusive: policy-makers, mathematics educators, mathematicians and teachers. There is no registration fee for this workshop. The only costs to attend are the lodging and travel expenses. Please note, this workshop requires each participant to apply to participate, as space is limited. All applicantions will be reviewed, and invitations will be sent as space allows.

The following articles have been made available for workshop participants to review. Clicking on the links below will open a PDF version of each article.

• Education, Equality, and National Citizenship, by Goodwin Liu
• PDF File
• Powerpoint Slides


• "Opening Our Ideas": How a detracked mathematics approach promoted respect, responsibility and high achievement, by Jo Boaler, Stanford University
• PDF File

Speaker Titles and Abstracts

Schedule

Sunday evening, May 7:

5:00 - 6:30 PM Registration and Reception
6:30 - 7:30 PM Dinner
7:30 - 8:15 PM Keynote Address: Robert Moses (Algebra Project)
8:15 - 9:00 PM Discussion/open microphone

Monday morning, May 8:

8:45 - 9:45 AM “Equity: History and the Law,” Goodwin Liu, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
9:45 – 10:00 AM Q&A
10:00 - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 AM Nicholas Lemann (Columbia University)
11:15 - 11:30 AM Q&A
11:30 – 11:50 AM Deborah Ball: Charge to the Workshop
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch

Monday afternoon, May 8:
1:30 - 3:00 PM Equity: Unarticulated assumptions - 5 perspectives
- Ricardo Cortez (Tulane University)
- Helen Moore (American Institute of Mathematics)
- Frieda Jacques (Onondaga Nation School)
3:00 - 3:30 PM Tea Break
3:30 - 4:30 PM Equity: Unarticulated assumptions - 5 perspectives
Staffas Broussard (University of New Orleans)
Ernesto Cortes Jr. (Interfaith Education Fund, Inc.)
4:30 - 5:00 PM Unarticulated assumptions: Q&A with the 5 presenters
5:00 - 6:30 PM Breakout sessions and discussion on equity and quality in mathematics education:
- 5 things we do understand
- 5 things we don't understand
- 5 things we have done right
- 5 things we have done wrong
6:30 - 8:00 PM Dinner Break

Monday evening, May 8:

8:00 – 9:00 PM Conference Poster Session

Tuesday morning, May 9:

What do issues of quality and equity in mathematics instruction look like in the classroom? A math lesson and class conversation, featuring Carlos Cabana and his San Lorenzo High School class

8:45 - 9:15 AM Lesson plan and pre-briefing (Carlos Cabana and Deborah Ball)
9:15 - 10:15 AM A math lesson
10:15 - 10:45 AM Carlos Cabana and his class: A conversation
10:45 - 11:15 AM Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:55 AM Debriefing (Carlos Cabana and Deborah Ball)
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch Break

Tuesday afternoon, May 9: Four perspectives on equity in mathematics

1:30 - 2:15 PM Putting the morning's class in a national and international context: Na'ilah Nasir (Stanford University)
2:15 – 3:00 PM Equity issues at the university: Phil Kutzko (University of Iowa)
3:00 – 3:30 PM Tea Break
3:30 - 4:45 PM Equity in practice at the school level: Youth literacy workers in Chicago activity with math teachers (Bob Moses and The Young People¹s Project)
4:45 - 5:30 PM AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society): Cathy Abeita (Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute)
5:30 - 6:30 PM Breakout: What did we learn today? How has it modified our understanding of what needs to be done?
6:30 - 8:00 PM Dinner Break

Tuesday evening, May 9: National policy

8:00 - 9:00 PM "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future" ­ a report of the National Academy of Sciences. Phillip Griffiths (Institute for Advanced Study)

Wednesday morning, May 10: National policy

8:30 ­ 9:30 Charles Hokanson (US Dept. of Education)
9:30 - 10:30 Vinetta Jones (Howard University)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 ­ 11:55 AM Seeking a workshop consensus
12:00 ­ 1:00 PM Closing lunch

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