Algebra Made Understandable

Algebra is not difficult. Algebra is only different. And time is required for things that are different to metamorphose into things that are familiar.

The falling scores on standardized mathematics tests have led, over the last several years, to nothing less , than a national guilt complex: Where have we gone wrong? How have we failed our children? Are these falling scores a harbinger of the total collapse of our educational system? What can we do? Is all hope lost?