On cover: "A Rethinking Schools publicaiton"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one : viewing math broadly -- Teaching math across the curriculum -- Reading the world with math -- Race, retrenchment, and the reform of school mathematics -- Historical, cultural, and social implications of mathematics ; Part two : infusing social justice into math classes -- "Home buying while brown or black" -- Sweatshop accounting -- Chicanos have math in their blood -- Understanding large numbers -- "With math, it's like you have more defense" -- Radical equations : a review of the book by Bob Moses and Charles E. Cobb Jr. -- The geometry of inequality -- Integrals and equity -- Math, maps, and misrepresentation -- Multicultural math ; Part three : infusing social justice math into other curricular areas -- Ten chairs of inequality -- Write the truth : presidents and slaves -- The transnational capital auction ; Part four: resources for rethinking mathematics -- Websites, math curriculum and pedagogy, books with theoretical/academic perspectives, curriculum guides/resources, children's books, sources for maps, and more.