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Lawrence High Teachers on the
Forefront of Math Education
Two
Lawrence High School math teachers, Allen Olsen and Joe
Bishop, have been featured in recent articles in
Mathematics Teachers, a journal published by the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Both teachers
belong to an ongoing study group for high school teachers
as part of the Focus on Math partnership, a project
funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation
and centered at Boston University.
Superintendent of Schools Wilfredo T. Laboy said,
“This is a wonderful recognition of the expertise
and content knowledge of these two teachers when
universities and colleges recognize the great work they
are doing They are a prototype of many bright stars we
have in Lawrence Public Schools.”
Olsen’s “discovery” is featured in the
March, Vol. 99, No.7 issue of the journal, entitled,
“How Does One Know if a Number is Divisible by
17?” Bishop’s insight into James Mertz’s
“Phone Trees” is featured in the April, Vol.
99, No. 8 issue, entitled “Powers, Representations
and Counting.” Olsen is also slated to be published
again in the August issue, in an article about
divisibility tests.
Donna Chevaire, Lawrence District mathematics principal,
presented at the National Council of Supervisors of
Mathematics in St. Louis on April 24 and was joined by
Kyung Yoon, a visiting professor at Boston University
from Korea. Professor Yoon was so impressed by the
work of the Focus on Math Curriculum Committee and the
Lawrence High School Focus on Math study groups that she
has asked to attend all meetings until the end of the
academic year.
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The May, 2006 Edition of
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