The Nebraska Council on Teacher Education (NCTE), an advisory group to the Nebraska State Board of Education, has begun the process of reviewing the secondary mathematics teaching endorsement. Continue reading…
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Registration for the Nebraska Math & Science Summer Institutes (NMSSI) is underway. Check out our catalog and find out what's being offered in your area. Continue reading…
NCTM’s national conference is coming to Denver and the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Math would like to take you there! NATM is organizing a fifty-six passenger luxury bus, or possibly two, to transport NATM members to Denver for the NCTM national meeting in April, 2013. Continue reading…
Math Solutions, a web-based organization founded by mathematics educator Marilyn Moore, is offering a series of free webinars titled "Bringing Common Sense to the Common Core State Standards". Having to align their practice to a revised set of standards, Nebraska teachers may find them beneficial. Continue reading…
Gary Furse, a Lincoln Public Schools teacher, Math in the Middle graduate and Noyce Master Teacher was a February recipient of the Lincoln Journal Star’s A+ Educator of the Week award. Continue reading…
The Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences has released a draft of the newly revised Mathematical Education of Teachers. Dr. Jim Lewis, NebraskaMATH PI, led the writing team. Public comment on the draft is welcomed through April 28, 2012. http://www.cbmsweb.org/ Continue reading…
The MAA is sponsoring a summer workshop, June 18–22 in Lincoln, Nebraska. This program will help teachers support students’ research in mathematics. Continue reading…
Focus in High School Mathematics: Technology to Support Reasoning and Sense Making is the latest addition to NCTM's landmark Focus in High School Mathematics series. Continue reading…
Noyce Master Teaching Fellow and Math in the Middle teacher, Jill Edgren recently welcomed a new arrival. Gabriella Paige Edgren was born on February 6 and weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce. She was 21 inches long.
Check out what's happening in your area and make plans to attend! All teachers of mathematics are invited to join in an evening of free food, fellowship and fun. Continue reading…
Noyce Master Teaching Fellow, Connie Colton is the math department head teacher for McMillan Magnet Center in Omaha. Continue reading…
An Australian study entitled, "Renewing rural and regional teacher education" investigated how teacher preparation programs could better prepare teachers to teach successfully in rural areas. Read the full report at http://www.rrrtec.net.au Continue reading…
Linda Hayek, formerly of PLVPS and instructor for Nebraska Algebra courses, wears her UNL Math T-shirt by (appropriately) Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" at the Smithsonian art museum in Washington, DC (January, 2012).
Send your photo in a Nebraska Math T-shirt to nebraskamath@unlnotes.unl.edu
The University of New Mexico is hosting a conference this fall about mentoring and coaching, focusing on developing positive relationships. Registration is now open, and you can submit a proposal to give a presentation at the conference (due May 15). http://mentor.unm.edu/conference/index.html Continue reading…