Counted Out Documentary

On Wednesday November 5 at 7:30PM, the Easton Area School District, Lafayette College and the Lehigh Valley will take part in Counted Out’s worldwide movement to re-imagine math.

In our current information economy, math is everywhere. The people we date, the news we see, the influence of our votes, the candidates who win elections, the education we have access to, the jobs we get — all of it is underwritten by an invisible layer of math that few of us understand, or even notice.

But whether we know it or not, our numeric literacy — whether we can speak the language of math — is a critical determinant of social and economic power. 

Counted Out shows what’s at risk if we keep the status quo. Do we want an America in which most of us don’t see ourselves “math people”? Where math proficiency goes down as students grow up? Or do we want a country where everyone can understand the math that undergirds our society—and can help shape it?

There will be transportation from the WIlliams Center for the Arts to EAMS. Bus to the event departs at 7:00 PM with a return bus at the conclusion.