Business, Field of Math Divided, Consultant Says
Several years ago, a nonfiction book seeking to explain the eternal communication divide between the sexes, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus , notched a spot on the best-seller list, and a place in the popular lexicon along with it.
Education consultant Linda P. Rosen made playful reference to that work to describe what she sees as a persistent divide between corporate America and math teachers in their thinking about how to improve schools in her speech, “Is the Business Community From Mars?,” at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ annual meeting, held here April 26-28.
Over the past year, business leaders have been urgently calling for the improvement of math and science education in the United States in order to cultivate a workforce for highly skilled jobs and fend off foreign competition. Ms. Rosen attempted to explain the business community’s thinking about where schools need to improve—and to urge math teachers to work with the private sector, rather than...
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