Cultivating Leaders Toyota Math and Technology Leadership Academy

Cultivating Leaders: Toyota Math and Technology Leadership Academy Dr. Janet Lynne Tassell, Dr. Rebecca Stobaugh, Dr. Marge Maxwell, & Terri Stice Western Kentucky University

Children need to do what “real” mathematicians do – explore and invent for the rest of their lives. - Susan Ohanian, from Garbage Pizzas, Patchwork Quilts and Math Ma

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Fin a l Tho ug ht s… Pure mathematics is the world’s best game. It is more absorbing than chess, more of a gamble than poker, and lasts longer than Monopoly. It’s free. It can be played anywhere – Archimedes did it in a bathtub. - Richard J. Trudeau, Dots and Lines

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