Date: June 18th 2008

Announcing a National Leadership Conference

The Future of High School Mathematics: New Priorities and Promising Innovations

Concern about the condition of high school mathematics has been expressed with renewed urgency in many recent advisory reports and policy recommendations.  As a result, national attention is once again focused on opportunities for improving the quality of mathematics education.

To address timely issues and to showcase progressive ideas about curriculum, teaching, assessment, and technology in high school mathematics, the Center for Mathematics Education at the University of Maryland, along with Math Is More and a group of curriculum development projects, will host a conference of leaders in high school and collegiate mathematics education to be held in Washington, DC on September 25 – 27, 2008. 

The conference will provide a forum for shaping the national, state, and local policy debates about appropriate directions for progress in high school mathematics, and it will include presentation and analysis of promising innovations produced by extensive research and development programs. The target audience includes high school mathematics teachers, leaders of state and local mathematics programs, mathematics teacher educators, education researchers, collegiate mathematics faculty with special interest in curriculum 9 -14, developers and publishers of high school mathematics curriculum materials and tests, and government and foundation officials with policy responsibilities/interests related to school mathematics.

For further information about the conference program, registration, and financial support for participants, visit the conference web-site:  www.education.umd.edu/mathed/conference.