Mathematics Teaching Today

A Newsletter for Professionals, Parents, and Students

Volume 5, Issue 2-----------------------------------------Winter, 2003

In this issue . . .

How a Euro Coin is Like the Flu, and Other Reasons Mathematicians Like What They Do
Scandals Erupt As SAT Pressures Continue to Grow
Coming Soon to a School Near You: A Calculator that Does Everything!
The Role of Parents in Math Homework, by Graham Seibert
How Much Teacher Training Is Too Much?
How Many Vertices Are in Your Recess? But We Did Find Some Good Reform Going On
Area schools' National Merit totals for the class of 2003
Notes from the MAA Underground
The latest in amazing tidbits
Our previous issue (Spring, 2002)
ISMAW (Independent Schools Mathematical Association of Washington) web page
Our favorite bookstore, Politics and Prose
Resources for Inner city Children (R.I.C.H.)

Mathematics Teaching Today is published by Penniman & O'Brien Mathematics and (P)SAT Tutoring Services.