We help educators, researchers, and community leaders open up real mathematical experiences, in classrooms and well beyond.
School mathematics too often comes down to prescribed steps and formulas. Mathematics as researchers practice it looks very different, and everyone deserves a chance to experience it.
Our work centers on two national communities: the people who lead Math Circles, and the people who create and use free open educational resources.
For students, and for teachers
Math Circles are communities of students or teachers who meet regularly to solve problems together. Through exploration, discovery, and inquiry, participants work with significant mathematics and practice the habits of mind that mathematicians use every day.
For authors, teachers, and students
Textbook costs, inaccessible formats, and static pages all put roadblocks in front of students. We support free open resources in mathematics, especially those made with PreTeXt, an open-source authoring and publishing system. PreTeXt material works with screen-reading software and converts, for free, to embossable Braille. We help its authors collaborate and share their work.
Students benefit most from what we do, but we work mainly with the people who make joyful math happen: educators, researchers, resource developers, and community leaders who create and sustain their own programs. Across all of it, we build lasting collaborations that cross the usual boundaries.