The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has announced that Dr. Patricio Herbst will be the next editor-in-chief of the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education (JRME). 

A year ago, NCTM released the influential publication Catalyzing Change, which called upon all individuals involved with high school math to move forward with significant changes.

Statement from the  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) President Robert Q. Berry III in response to the Administration’s proposed budget, released today, which threatens to eliminate many federal investments in education, including the Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Programs of the Higher Education Act, and Title II-A and Title IV-A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). 

The high school mathematics curriculum needs to be reformed to encourage all students to understand the math that underlines the fabric of society.

2019 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients Peg Smith, Lee Stiff, and Johnny Lott!  The Mathematics Education Trust (MET) has selected Peg Smith, Lee Stiff, and Johnny Lott.

Congratulations to President-Elect Trena Wilkerson and four other newly elected NCTM Board of Directors members. All newly elected officers will begin serving on the Board at the conclusion of the NCTM 2019 Annual Meeting and Exposition in April 2019.

As the president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, I applaud the de-tracking efforts of San Francisco Unified School District in middle school math, which creates pathways for all students to have access to continued studies in the subject ("In San Francisco, A Bold Effort to De-Track Algebra," (June 13, 2018).

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has announced Dr. Angela Barlow as the editor-in-chief of its new practitioner journal: Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PreK-12, which will launch January 2020. 

NCTM Calls for Major Changes to High School Mathematics Group Calls for End to Student and Teacher Tracking Reston, Va. - Today the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) is calling on every individual that influences high school mathematics education to acknowledge and support significant changes

Across the board, struggling American students are falling behind, while top performers are rising higher on the test dubbed the "Nation's Report Card."

2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients Carole E. Greenes and William R. Speer Congratulations to the 2018 NCTM Lifetime Achievement Award recipients! The Mathematics Education Trust (MET) has selected Carole E. Greenes and William R. Speer as recipients of

Reston, Va., September 27, 2017 – Brennan Kastens, a junior at Eastern University in St. Davids, Penn. has been awarded the Prospective 7-12 Secondary Teacher Course Work Scholarship presented by the Mathematics Education Trust (MET) of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).

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