Math Made Magic

Nemiroff’s hands-on approach wows parents and students alike

By Lydie Raschka

Fifth-grade teacher Tracy Nemiroff breaks the math nerd mold.

“She’s not what you’d expect,” said parent Claudine May-Gomez. “Tiny, beautiful, little, pretty—and she loves math!” Read more

Counting on Some Math Magic

Is it possible to take a frightfully complicated math problem and make it a supercool experience? Glen Whitney thinks so.

Whitney, president of the “Math Factory,” quit his hedge-fund job in Long island last fall and has devoted himself to creating the first national museum of math.

“Once I got this museum idea,” Whitney said, “it was a real hand-and-glove fit for me. Even though my hedge-fund job was exciting and fun and intellectually demanding, it was a little bit too removed. I wanted to be directly involved with benefiting people.” Read more

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