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Algebra is most commonly associated with some of the last letters of the alphabet -- x and y -- but recent Wilkinsburg High School graduate Cherelle Dankins knows its true place in the math world: "It's like the birth of everything. That's where it starts." Algebra is so important that the National Mathematics Advisory Council, appointed by the president, called it a "demonstrable gateway to later achievement."  Eleanor Chute, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 1, 2009

 
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