Math Summit

The 2024 Math Summit will be held on Aug. 6, 2024, in the Talley Student Union on NC State’s main campus. The theme will be “Empowering Mathematical Thinkers.”

What: 2024 Math Summit
Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2024
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: James O’Neal, former Math teacher, National Board Certified Founder and CEO of Mastery For All LLC, Public Speaker.
Sponsors: NC State’s College of Education, the Goodnight Education Foundation, and the Triangle Math Alliance, which includes Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Durham Public Schools, Johnston County Public Schools, Orange County Schools, and the Wake County Public School System
Where: Talley Student Union on NC State’s Main Campus (2610 Cates Ave, Raleigh, NC 27606)
Who: K-12 math educators across North Carolina
Cost: Free!
Theme: “Empowering Mathematical Thinkers”
Can’t attend in person? There will be a limited virtual option for those who cannot attend the full Math Summit in person.
Registration info: It’s coming soon!

“I love coming and learning new ideas and strategies and ways to help improve my students in math. 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.

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Francisco Villegas

The senior vice president of school transformation and systems advising for Los Angeles Schools headlined the 2023 Math Summit.

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

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

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