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NASA salvages Mars mission that should have launched by now
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cent of the students who U.S., Aristy must pass a re-

took last year’s statewide medial math class with no

Regents test in Algebra I college credit, and then

passed, mirroring statistics pass at least one college-

elsewhere in the country. level math class, if he wants

Rather than scaling back to get an associate’s de-

on algebra, New York gree.

City educators have an- But Aristy isn’t just repeat-

nounced an “Algebra for ing Algebra I again. BMCC

All” initiative that aims to is one of about 50 com-

keep students on track by munity colleges in 14 state

providing specialized math that offer an alternative

teachers in fifth grade, be- track called Quantway,

fore algebra is introduced. developed by the Carn-

“We believe in high stan- egie Foundation for the

dards,” said Carol Moses- Advancement of Teach-

son-Teig, director of math- ing, that seeks to develop

ematics for the city Depart- quantitative literacy.

ment of Education. “And “It includes some basic al-

we believe that the best gebra concepts, but you

way to serve the students don’t learn how to factor

is to strengthen the instruc- polynomials or solve com-

In this March 25, 2016 photo, Isaiah Aristy poses for a portrait in tion.” plex equations,” said math
New York. A new book says algebra has become an unneces- Eighteen-year-old Isaiah department Chairman
sary stumbling block that’s forcing millions of American students Aristy took the algebra Re- Fred Peskoff.
to drop out of high school or college. gents test twice and failed Project director Karon Klip-
it both times. ple said the foundation
Associated Press

math just needs to be Bill McCallum, a professor Aristy, now a freshman at devised Quantway and a
taught more effectively. at the University of Arizona the Borough of Manhattan statistics track called Stat-
It’s fine for students to have who played a lead role in Community College who is way in 2011 because of the
quantitative skills, they say, developing the Common hoping for a career in law sheer numbers of students
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