Reston, VA - September 10, 2025 - The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) today responded to the newly released NAEP Grade 12 mathematics results with an urgent call for systemic action ...

When students become active doers of mathematics, the greatest gains of their mathematical thinking can be realized. The process of sense making begins when we create classrooms full of curious ...

Description: This interactive session empowers educators to recognize and celebrate the brilliance of multilingual learners in the math classroom. Participants will discover strategies for building ...

People of all ages love to play games that are fun and motivating. Games give students opportunities to explore fundamental number concepts, such as the counting sequence, one-to-one correspondence, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mathematics teachers have considered the challenges and advantages of knowledge-generating tools for decades, including calculators, search engines, and apps such as Photomath. The outcomes of these ...

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of James T. Fey, who will be remembered for his leadership in the mathematics education community, nationally and internationally, championing ...

In the August 2014 issue of Teaching Children Mathematics, authors Karen S. Karp, Sarah B. Bush, and Barbara J. Dougherty initiated an important conversation in the elementary mathematics education ...

Data science captures the complexity of data and data methods that have arisen with advances in technology. It is a collaborative science that uses complex data and methodology to identify and explain ...

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 ...

During the NCTM Capitol Hill Day visit last week, legislators asked if we could share stories of how recent changes are impacting education. Has anything changed since the start of the year? Are ...