The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators has released its Standards for Preparing Teachers of Mathematics. These are comprehensive, aspirational standards describing a national vision for the initial preparation of all teachers PreK-12 who teach mathematics.
Lewis-Burke Associates has just released its analysis of the President’s proposed 2018 budget. It includes $6.653 billion for NSF, $819 million or 11% below the FY 2017 enacted budget, and 11.2% below the FY 2016 budget. Some of the details are given below.
On May 18, thirty professional societies in the sciences, including CBMS and nine of the CBMS societies, signed onto a letter to the U.S. Department of State, responding to the new guidelines for visa applicants. See the update on this issue from the National Academies.
The CBMS Council met at the ASA Headquarters on May 5, 2017 and heard presentations from Phil Kutzko on the Math Alliance, Stephen Provasnik and Samantha Burg on the recent NAEP and TIMSS results, Karen Saxe with a budget and legislative update, and Brit Kirwan on TPSE.
