Looking back, 2024 was a banner year for the Center for Family Math, in great part due to our amazing team, partners, and allies helping to build a Family Math movement. So let’s celebrate our collective successes “by the numbers” as math enthusiasts are wont to do!
Together, we expanded and deepened practice, with:
- 22 curated practice resources available in our searchable Family Math toolbox
- 7 blog entries published
- 6 Family Math webinars hosted by NAFSCE with a total of 1,202 attendees
- 24 educators participating in a Family Math district institute and Community of Practice in Maine in partnership with MAEC
- 13 virtual and in-person FM sessions at NAFSCE’s Inaugural National Assembly for Family Engagement in Education, including this virtual keynote
We built capacity and partnerships for Family Math, with:
- 11 meetings with our advisory groups, including our Parent Advisory Council, Steering Committee, and Research Consortium
- 3 family engagement nonprofits given guidance on integrating Family Math
- 17 CA district leaders interviewed as part of a California Family Math mapping project commissioned by the California Masonic Foundation
We increased awareness of Family Math, with:
- 8 presentations to external audiences via conferences and webinars
- 3 instances of guidance offered by NAFSCE staff on major math communications efforts
- 12 featured Family Math sections in NAFSCE’s monthly e-news reaching 37,000 subscribers
We supported meaningful research, with:
- 2 research-focused Family Math blogs
- 8 posters by our Family Math Dissertation Fellows featured at NAFSCE’s Assembly
- 5 doctorates earned by Family Math Fellows (plus 3 post-doc, 1 faculty position and 1 industry job secured)
- 10 honors and awards by Fellows (including an AERA dissertation award)
- 18 presentations and invited talks by Fellows as well as 18 papers published or in progress
And, last but not least, we raised funds to sustain our work, with:
- 1 multi-year renewal grant by our keystone funding partner, the Heising-Simons Foundation
- 2 additional grant proposals pending from new private and public funding sources
- 2 sponsors of the Family Math track at NAFSCE’s National Assembly
- 4 contracts secured or under discussion to bring Family Math to 5 statewide family engagement centers
We could not be more grateful to those committed to bringing the power and joy of math to all children through family and community engagement. And we can’t wait to see what the New Year brings.
Together we are far greater than the sum of our parts,
Holly Kreider
