The latest scion of a series of annual anthologies published by Princeton University Press, “The Best American Writing on Mathematics 2014” presents a collection of essays on — you guessed it — math.

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Across the country, educators continue to wrestle with big questions about math curricula. Two years ago, the California education board’s adoption of a long-gestating new math framework added more ...