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Mathematics Web Resources

Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
The AMTE is a non-profit organization created to promote the improvement of mathematics teacher education in all its aspects.
Mathematical Association of America
The Mathematical Association of America is the largest professional society that focuses on undergraduate mathematics education. Our members include university, college, and High school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists; statisticians; and many others in academia, government, business, and industry.
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics
The Math Forum is a center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. Its mission is to provide resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and educational products and services that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
The mission of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is to provide the vision and leadership necessary to ensure a mathematics education of the highest quality for all students.
School Science & Mathematics Association
The School Science and Mathematics Association is an inclusive professional community of researchers and teachers who promote research, scholarship, and practice that improves school science, mathematics and STEM and advances the integration of science, mathematics and STEM
Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a state-wide organization dedicated to stimulating an active interest in mathematics teaching and learning by promoting the improvement of mathematics education, providing leadership in the professional development of teachers, and facilitating cooperation among organizations at the local, state, and national levels.
Banneker Banner
The official journal of the Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics and is sent to all and only members of the organization. Content is freely available online.

National Science Foundation: Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS)
The mission of MPS is to harness the collective efforts of the mathematical and physical sciences communities to address the most compelling scientific questions, educate the future advanced high-tech workforce, and promote discoveries to meet the needs of the Nation.
National Science Foundation: Mathematics
Provides information about NSF research in mathematics
NSF: Mathematics Classroom Resources
This collection of lessons and web resources is aimed at classroom teachers, their students, and students' families. Most of these resources come from the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). NSDL is the National Science Foundation's online library of resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
Virginia Mathematics Instructional Resources
Includes standards, curriculum frameworks, enhanced scope and sequence lesson plans, test blueprints and released tests, other instructional resources

International Commission on Mathematical Instruction
ICMI foster efforts to improve the quality of mathematics teaching and learning worldwide
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)
IGPME promotes international contacts and exchange of scientific information in the field of mathematical education; promotes and stimulates interdisciplinary research in the aforesaid area; and works to further a deeper and more correct understanding of the psychology and other aspects of teaching and learning mathematics and the implications thereof.
International Mathematical Union
promote international cooperation in mathematics. By supporting and assisting the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) and other international scientific meetings/conferences. To acknowledge outstanding research contributions to mathematics, through the awarding of scientific prizes and to encourage and support other international mathematical activities, considered likely to contribute to the development of mathematical science in any of its aspects, whether pure, applied, or educational.

Listed below are teacher recommended resources for math education

Common Core
Contains extensive information about the Common Core Standards, their development, states participating, videos, and more.
Courtney Baker Phd
Classroom teachers and mathematics specialists are continually on the look-out for great resources. This website is designed to provide a "one-stop-shop" to students who are the current teachers and leaders of mathematics. Many of the resources have been either highlighted in our coursework or shared by their peers.
K–12 Mathematics Curriculum Center
The K–12 Mathematics Curriculum Center aims to help teachers and administrators make thoughtful, informed decisions about mathematics curriculum and instructional materials. Our projects explore and analyze how curriculum decisions are made in K–12 mathematics programs, provide resources that support good curriculum selection and implementation, and connect research and practice in mathematics instruction.
Teacher2Teacher
Teacher2Teacher offers the resources and answers for teachers and parents who have questions about teaching mathematics.