In honor of MET’s 50th anniversary, we invite you to help us raise $50,000 to expand grants, scholarships, and awards that strengthen mathematics teaching and learning nationwide. MET is the ...

As educators, we believe joy, hope, and curiosity are essential to learning. Through the NCTE-NCTM Joint Conference for Elementary Literacy and Mathematics, we commit to teaching mathematics and ...

Provide opportunities for students to engage in data and statistical reasoning using authentic datasets. Use real-life civic and social contexts, such as housing costs, pollution, and school funding, ...

Join NCTM as we celebrate our Centennial with 100 Days of Professional Learning - live, free webinars presented by selected speakers from the NCTM Centennial Annual Meeting program that was to be held ...

The purpose of this book study guide is to provide stakeholder groups with a tool to initiate needed critical conversations and actions in early childhood and elementary mathematics. Format: The book ...

I love the story of Carl Friedrich Gauss—who, as an elementary student in the late 1700s, amazed his teacher with how quickly he found the sum of the integers from 1 to 100 to be 5,050. Gauss ...

I hope that by this time, everyone has seen Robert Kaplinsky’s amazing NCTM ShadowCon presentation from the Annual Conference in San Francisco this year. If you ...

The latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scores for grades 4 and 8 underscore persistent challenges in mathematics education and highlight the urgency of improving ...

RESTON, Va., Sept. 25, 2024 - The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) is excited to announce the release of High School Mathematics Reimagined, Revitalized, and Relevant. This ...

The Common Core’s Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMPs) focus on what it means for students to be mathematically proficient. I have heard many people say that the SMPs are the heart and soul of ...

Numerous myths surround the use of calculators in the elementary school mathematics classroom. These myths emerge from numerous individuals; for example, from parents one might hear, “I learned math ...

Teachers are asked to regularly plan for instruction. Frequently, the lesson plans are focused more on the activities that will be completed for the lesson rather than on the mathematical goals of the ...