Math Summit

Over 800 K-12 teachers from across North Carolina registered to attend the 2022 Math Summit held Aug. 2 on NC State’s main campus. The day featured 40-plus sessions led by teachers and math leaders and a keynote addressed delivered by Bonnie Bolado, a senior math specialist at the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching.

Video: Bonnie Bolado Delivers Her Keynote Address on “Moving Forward: Core Instruction Best Practice”

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Teachers from Across North Carolina Share How the 2022 Math Summit Impacted Them, Their Students

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“I love coming and learning new ideas and strategies and ways to help improve my students in math,” she said. “The sessions are great and the speakers – especially the keynote speakers– are always great every year.”

– Lillian Loftin-Bell

First grade teacher at Northside Elementary School in Chapel Hill

About the Math Summit

Held at NC State for the first time in 2017, the Math Summit is held each year in partnership between the College of Education and public schools in Wake, Chapel Hill, Durham, Orange and Johnston counties to promote equity and excellence in math education and to provide elementary, middle and high school teachers with an opportunity to engage professionally to develop their craft, share ideas and renew their commitment to teaching.

Bonnie Bolado

The senior math specialist at the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching encouraged teachers to collaborate with one another at the 2022 Math Summit.

Jo Boaler

The Stanford University Nominelli-Oliver Professor of Education and author of Limitless Mind co-headlined the 2021 Math Summit.

Chris Emdin

The associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Columbia University’s Teachers College and author of Urban Science Education for the Hip Hop Generation co-headlined the 2021 Math Summit.

Manny Scott

The author of Even On Your Worst Day You Can Be Your Student’s Best Hope and one of the original Freedom Writers headlined the 2020 Math Summit.

Jennifer Bay-Williams

The professor at the University of Louisville and former president of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators headlined the 2019 Math Summit.

Margaret “Peg” Smith: How to Manage Student-centered Instruction

The professor emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh and co-author of 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussion headlined the 2018 Math Summit.

Robert Q. Berry: ‘Think of Math as a Social Endeavor’

The associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion and Samuel Braley Gray Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development headlined the 2017 Math Summit.

NC State College of Education

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Durham Public Schools

Johnston County Public Schools

Orange Public Schools

Wake County Public School System