Happy New Year from NHTM!

This is good time to review our work for the past few months and make some plans. During Fall 2022 NHTM returned to in-person board meetings. Unfortunately, our meeting room did not look overcrowded. A few people resigned, stressed by the demands of teaching jobs. More and more schools face difficulties hiring teachers. This means …

Teachers and Parents Together! (President’s Message)

Teachers and Parents Together! Hello and welcome! Here I am – a new NHTM President writing my first Presidential address. I will make it short – there is no need to preach to the choir – if you read this you ARE interested in mathematics education. I would like to ask you to think about …

Keeping Mathematics Relevant

But what do we mean by quality mathematics education? What mathematics is important, for whom is it important, and how should it be taught?

Wonder-filled Mathematics

Where did the mathematics we know today arise if not through wonder?

President’s Message: NHTM is not my organization, but ours! Yes, that means you!

Sixteen months into my term as NHTM President, I continue to be amazed at the trust, hope, and confidence that you have in me. I still have not grown accustomed to having board members await my approval as if it really were mine to give. The organization belongs to every individual in New Hampshire who …

President’s Message: Shifting the Culture to Encourage Mathematical Thinking

We need to encourage, not stifle enthusiasm for mathematics. Our job is not to make processes easy for students, but rather to help them explore and make sense of the mathematics. To do that, they need to grapple with intriguing problems.

Removing the Barriers to Participation: Free Virtual Conference and Free NHTM Membership

By Teresa Magnus The NHTM Board recognizes that this has been a challenging year for all teachers. We are happy to announce that this year’s Virtual Spring Conference is FREE! We are excited to welcome Trena Wilkerson, President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), to offer the keynote address: Teaching and Learning …

NHTM Update: Adapting Plans for 2021

The NHTM Board had to make some difficult decisions about what we could and should try to accomplish this year.

President’s Message: Paving the Way to Growth via Onramps

We should focus not on the gaps that students might have and instead think about the onramps we can construct so that all of our students will be able to access rich learning opportunities.

President’s Message: A Call to Reflect and to Act

Most of us would not identify ourselves as racist and many might deny that racism is a problem in our school or town, but we need to dig beyond overt racism and think about the extent to which our educational practices increase the inequities that exist in our society.