David Staples: New program could be solution to math crisis in Alberta schools

We could be at the beginning of the end to our math crisis in Alberta schools.
My optimism springs out of the new Math Minds program from Jump Math and the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education. Results in pilot projects shows much promise.
What is the crisis? In the past 20 years, international tests show Alberta’s percentage of top math students has dropped. More ominously, our percentages have doubled when it comes to students who lack a basic knowledge of math.Many