NCTM in the News

2008

Math Group Tries to Help Young Teachers Stay the Course, Education Week, May 6

Easy as 1,2,3 – Except for the Maybes, Washington Post, April 25

Study Suggest Math Teachers Scrap Balls & Slices, New York Times, April 25

Math Report Recommends Teachers Focus More in Depth on Fewer Skills, Salt Lake Tribune, April 14

Wodraska: Math Teacher Embraces Fantasy Sports, Salt Lake Tribune, April 13

U.S. Math Programs Don't Make the Grade, KUTV, Salt Lake City
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Author: Be Patient When Teaching Math, Salt Lake Tribune, April 10

Writer Says the West Needs to Alter its Approach to Math, Salt Lake Tribune, April 9

10,000 Math Teachers Flock to SLCSalt Lake Tribune, April 9

Math Conference Begins Today in Salt Lake, Deseret Morning News, April 9

Architect-Turned-Teacher Aims to Make Math Fun, USA Today, April 2

Calculating a New Approach, Newsweek, March 14

Schools to Teach Math Differently, Mindkicker News, March 14

Report Urges Changes in Teaching Math, New York Times, March 14

A Solution to How to Teach Math: Subtract, USA Today, March 13

Focus on Algebra, U.S. Panel Tells Schools, Christian Science Monitor, March 13

Gender Gap Still a Problem in Math, Professor Says, Nevada News, February 11

Absent Teachers Hinder Learning; Pupils Can Spend Up to a Year With Subs, The Augusta Chronicle, February 11

 

2007

'Checkbook Math' Increasingly Rare, Washington Post, December 2

Thousands Focus on Math at Conference, Click2Houston.com, November 29

Are Math Teachers Going the Way of the Dinosaur?, FOX Business, November 13

Hand-Held Calculators' Milestone Number, Washington Post, October 1

Mixed Grades in a New Education Report, Newsweek, September 25

NAEP Reading and Math Scores Rise, Education Week, September 25

Md. Parents Get Chance to Weigh In on Assessment Tests, WTOP, September 4

SAT Scores in Math Fall in Md., Baltimore Sun, August 29 

Congress Passes 'Competitiveness' Bill, Education Week, August 3

U.S. Poised to Sit Out Advanced TIMSS Test, Education Week, July 26

NCTM Joins Ed Week Online Chat, Education Week, July 25

Focal Points for Pre-K-8 Math, District Administration, May 2007

Terraset Hosts Math Night, Reston Observer, April 27

Chinese Hosts Turn Tables on Ed Week Reporter, Education Week, April 3

Early Starters in Math Reach Higher LevelsEducation Week, March 7

Students Taking More Demanding Courses, Education Week, February 23

Web of LearningThe Mercury, February 2

What are Science & Math Test Scores Really Telling U.S.?, The Bent of Tau Beta Pi, Winter 2007

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2006

'Focal Points' Being Eyed in Math-Standards Revisions, Education Week, December 6

Does Math - Topics = Better Instruction?, Washington Post, December 5

What Every Kid Should Know about NumbersNews Journal, November 26

NCTM President Explains Focal Points, White Plains CitizeNetReporter, November 21

Fuzzy Policy, Not 'Fuzzy Math,' Is the ProblemEducation Week, November 1

No Fuzzy Math, Only Fuzzy Mathematical Interpretations, Mobile Press-Register, October 1

Calls Are Being Renewed to Tighten Math Standards, Education Week, October 18

Clarifying Math, Chicago Tribune, September 29

Math Teachers Want Understanding, Use Rocky Mountain News, September 29

Reading, Writing, and Troubled Arithmetic Wall Street Journal, September 27

Teaching 101: First, Do the Math New York Times, September 24

NCTM Issues New Guidelines (Curriculum Focal Points) Education Week, September 12

Math Classes Help Parents Help Kids Arizona Republic, September 1

NCTM Joins Ed Week Online Chat Education Week, February 8

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2005

Math Gains Add Up Washington Times, December 5

Advanced Math Is Right Formula Washington Post, November 21

FVCC Instructor is Consultant for 'NUMB3RS' Daily Inter Lake, October 21

Mathematics Group Focuses on Diversity At Annual Meeting Education Week, April 20

Teacher of the Year: 'Let teachers teach' USA TODAY, April 18

A Lesson From a Winner of a Teacher Washington Post, April 17

What Math Gender Gap? USA Today, April 12

Fun with Math FresnoStateNews.com, April 11

Math that Adds Up American School Board Journal, April 1

NCTM President Cathy Seeley Refutes the Math Myth Time, March 28

The Brains Behind Crime Show are Calculatingly Cool USA TODAY, February 8

‘Anti-Racist’ Message in Mass. Math Class FOX News, February 8

Math and Science Achievement Science, January 28

National Math Ed Leader at Tarleton State Today Stephenville Empire-Tribune, January 19

New TV Show Uses Math to Solve Crimes January 10

Benefits of Co-Teaching in Secondary Mathematics Classes Teaching Exceptional Children, January 1

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