Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 27 Issue 4, June 1989
4 – 7
Essential Mathematics for the 21st Century
The National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics
Students who enter kindergarten in 1988 can expect to graduate from high school in the year 2001. Yet these students who will graduate in the 21st century still frequently face a computation-dominated curriculum more suitable for the 19th century.