Keeping tabs on their purchases. Many people these days use calculators, often in their phones, to make basic math transactions. (Express-Times file photo) RoseMarie Mazza Bauer's proposal to make ...

The Feb. 3 opinion piece, "Who Needs Remediation?," contains this sentence: "We now recognize that most people do not need to be fluent in advanced algebra in order to function well in our society.” ...

Clyde Herring's doctorate must have been in English, education or history, because without algebra, earning a bachelor's, master's or doctorate in engineering, business or the medical field is ...

A recent opinion column in the Quad-City Times highlighted reasons why algebra is not necessary to be taught in schools; if basic math is equivalent to English literacy, then algebra is equivalent to ...

I'm responding to RoseMarie Mazza Bauer's April 5 letter, "Algebra was a hindrance to my career." I attended a Catholic grammar school in New York. In the eighth grade, we were offered the opportunity ...

Maybe it was the distractions of the early ’70s, or perhaps just my clouded adolescent mind, but in high school I hated algebra. All those X’s and Y’s; it was as dry as dust, so removed from the ...

The only math class, which every student should be required to pass, must deal with essential math — math skills that everyone needs — to successfully survive in our predatory capitalistic economy ...

I feel compelled to react to the March 28 Times-News article about whether algebra was a necessary high school subject. I am not a teacher, I am a retired engineer who almost daily observes algebra ...

Ah, Michael Somerville, your May 29 letter was a revelation ("Schools must offer real-world classes"). You must have paid close attention in your English classes, as your letter had near-perfect ...

I must take exception to Ray French's comments on "Algebra wastes students' time" [Letters, April 14]. Whether you know it or not, virtually everyone must use some form of algebra every day. You ...