Thanks to an Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) grant from the U.S. Department of Education awarded through the Nebraska CCPE and an award from Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN), this new cohort of Primarily Math: Greater Nebraska begins May 31 in Holdrege. Applications are due March 15. Continue reading…
Take a look online at our newly-released 2016 schedule for the Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes (NMSSI). More classes will be added over the coming weeks, and some dates may change, but use this schedule to start planning your calendar this summer. Continue reading…
The American Institute of Mathematics’ MTCircular features a NebraskaNOYCE teacher and two UNL mathematics Ph.D. alumni in the Winter/Spring 2016 issue. Read about their work together with teachers in Iowa and Nebraska at Math Teachers' Circle. Continue reading…
In MTCircular, UNL math Ph.D. alumna and past NebraskaMATH instructor Katie Haymaker prepares the “Pancake Problem” with the cooperation of the Philadelphia Area Math Teachers’ Circle leadership. The Pancake Problem is a sorting problem with connections to computer science and DNA rearrangements. Continue reading…
Ruth Heaton, PI of NebraskaMATH, won the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators: 2016 Nadine Bezuk Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service in Mathematics Teacher Education. Several NebraskaMATH leaders celebrated with her in California. Continue reading…
Gene Glass has written a commentary on the reform movement in the U.S. - the billionaires reform movement. Continue reading…
The National Science Foundation, which administers the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, is seeking those with expertise to serve on the program's National Selection Committee to review applications from K-6 grade math, science, and computer science teachers. Continue reading…
Do you know a K-6 grade teacher who provides excellent mathematics or science instruction to his or her students? Then please consider nominating him or her for one of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Continue reading…