Adding It All Up

Adding It All Up

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) welcomes you to Adding It All Up —a podcast created by and for mathematics educators and teachers. Join us each month as we explore current topics, insights, and emerging trends with thought leaders in the math community.

Episodes

December 11, 2025 25 mins

In part 2 of their two-part conversation with Vanessa Vakharia, NCTM President Latrenda Knighten and President-elect, Dewey Gottlieb, continue their discussion on students’ relationships with mathematics, and how educators can empower and guide them to realize they are fully capable of understanding it.

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Join NCTM President Latrenda Knighten and the new President-elect, Dewey Gottlieb, for part one of a two-part conversation with Vanessa Vakharia.

They'll discuss students’ relationships with mathematics and how educators can empower and guide them to realize they are fully capable of understanding it.

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Join NCTM President Latrenda Knighten and the new President-elect, Dewey Gottlieb, as they invite Holly Kreider to discuss daily activities that can create natural opportunities for children to build confidence in math.

This episode of Adding It All Up is sponsored by Prodigy Math.

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Lateefah Id-Deen, NCTM 2025 Annual Meeting & Exposition Opening Keynote Speaker, joins Latrenda and Kevin to discuss building meaningful connections with students in the math classroom and leaving behind a legacy a teacher can be proud of. 

  • Register for the NCTM 2025 Annual Meeting.


This episode of Adding It All Up is sponsored by Prodigy Math.

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Elaine Saunders, Zepherine Miller, and Shin Law join the podcast to delve into strategies for setting up a successful school year. From launching meaningful math routines to building strong classroom communities, this episode is packed with practical tips and inspiring insights to help educators start the year with confidence.


This episode of Adding It All Up is sponsored by Prodigy Math.

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Joshua Sawyer and Mahmoud Harding join the podcast to discuss the importance of meaningfully integrating data science and data literacy into mathematics instruction and how to prepare students for the future.

Resources and articles referenced in the podcast:

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Corinne Day, John SanGiovanni, and Kristopher Childs join the podcast to discuss their favorite NCTM publications, books, journals, and articles for listeners and how the readings furthered their careers as math educators. 

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Latrenda Knighten and Kevin Dykema invite Susie Katt and Dave Ebert to discuss the connection between literacy and mathematics—and why integrating reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills into math instruction can transform student understanding.

Related events and resources:

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Della Cronin from the Bose Public Affairs Group and NCTM Associate Executive Director, Dave Barnes, stop by the podcast to discuss why advocacy efforts for math education are crucial to the community's success.

This episode of Adding It All Up is sponsored by Prodigy Math.

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Sam Rhodes, Kelly Reigle, and MTLT Editor in Chief, Angela Barlow join the podcast to discuss the role of metacognition, a reflective process to help math students succeed with problem-solving in and out of the classroom. 

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NCTM’s Kevin Dykema and Latrenda Knighten recap the 2024 year, highlighting areas of growth in meeting the needs of students, publications, and conferences and discussing what they hope to see in 2025. 

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David Barnes, NCTM Associate Executive Director, joins Kevin and Latrenda to discuss the 2024 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) results, highlighting the challenges and next steps for the mathematics education community. 

Explore results for the 2024 NAEP Mathematics Assessment.

Read the NCTM news release.

Learn more about professional development opportunities for your school or district.


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NCTM’s Kevin Dykema and Latrenda Knighten invite two coaching experts, Courtney Baker and Melinda Knapp, to the podcast to discuss their book, Proactive Mathematics Coaching, Bridging Content, Context, and Practice, and the power of the proactive coaching framework, which helps math leaders refine their practices.

Purchase a copy of Proactive Mathematics Coaching: Bridging Content, Context, and Practice

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NCTM’s Kevin Dykema and Latrenda Knighten invite three mathematics teachers, Alyssa Schexnayder (elementary school), Maggie McHugh (middle school), and Joe Bolz (high school) to the podcast to discuss developing teacher playbooks and how to empower students to learn.

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November 20, 2024 41 mins

NCTM’s Chonda Long takes over hosting duties for this episode of Adding It All Up and asks new NCTM President, Latrenda Knighten, and NCTM Past President, Kevin Dykema, about diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in modern-day math classrooms. 

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Donnie Piercey, fourth-grade teacher and a former Kentucky Teacher of the Year, visits Adding It All Up to discuss the role of artificial intelligence in mathematics education and how offering tools that personalize learning and engage students in new ways can enhance the classroom. 

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September 25, 2024 23 mins

Kristi Martin and Jenny Novak, lead writers of High School Mathematics: Reimagined, Revitalized, and Relevant, join Kevin Dykema and Latrenda Knighten on this episode of Adding It All Up to discuss the new book and how reimagining and revitalizing are essential in making mathematics more relevant for students.

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August 5, 2024 40 mins

Luis Leyva—the NCTM 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition Iris M. Carl Equity address speaker—joins Latrenda Knighten to discuss teaching historically marginalized communities, engaging in critical forms of self-reflection, and more.

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Angela Barlow, Editor-in-Chief of the NCTM journal, Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 (MTLT), and Krystal Jones, MTLT Fellow, discuss the math journal and the power of connecting with other teachers and readers in mathematics education from the classroom and beyond. 

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Julia Aquirre, Karen Mayfield-Ingram, and Danny Bernard Martin, authors of The Impact of Identity in K-12 Mathematics: Rethinking Equity-based Practices, discuss the importance of how mathematics identity agency impacts teaching and learning in the classroom.

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