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» An Interview with Frank Wang: About The Beauty of Mathematics
By Michael F. Shaughnessy Senior Columnist EdNews.org | Published 09/18/2006 | Curriculum Support , Commentaries and Reports , K-12 , Assessments and Standards , No Child Left Behind , Academic Achievement , Curriculum , Daily EdNews | Rating:

Michael F. Shaughnessy

Eastern New Mexico University

Portales, New Mexico 88130

Delia Stafford

Haberman Foundation

Houston, Texas

1)      You have a new DVD out entitled “Beauty and Mathematics” What is that all about?
The Beauty and Math DVD is my way of answering the question “What do mathematicians do ?” for non-math people.  I contend that one of the higher purposes of mathematicians (their raison d’etre, if you will) is – finding order and structure in virtually every situation, no matter how random or disordered the situation may seem. 

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» The Hidden Draft in Our Schools
By Captain Eric H. May | Published 08/23/2006 | Curriculum Support | Unrated
A Case Study: Klein High
Prologue on a Reckless Recruiting
Captain Eric H. May, MI/PAO, USA
Last year the big scandal in the Houston-area recruiting racket was Sergeant Thomas Kelt, who threatened those he was recruiting with arrest if they didn't enlist into the Army, thereby giving a new meaning to "impressing potential recruits."
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