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Spring 2001
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Jo Boaler, at right, with her team of research assistants,
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A middle school student is asked to solve a problem that involves dividing 34.6 grams by 10. A boy answers correctly, saying, “It is 3.46 grams. When you divide by 10, you just move the decimal point one place to the left.” The teacher then asks, “Do you know why, or have you just learned that rule?” The boy replies, “I just learned the rule.” The scenario is an all-too-familiar one to mathematics teachers.
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Chris Bischof with Eastside’s 6th grade basketball team
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In the fall of 1996, Eastside College Preparatory School opened its doors in East Palo Alto. That community had been without its own high school for 20 years (see sidebar). The vision of its founders was to reestablish a high school in East Palo Alto that would prepare the community’s youth to attend four-year colleges and universities.
