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In this joint episode of the Mathematics Teacher Educator Podcast and the Teaching Math Teaching podcast, we explore a recent article, titled “So who’s the actual editor?”, from Volume 14, Issue 3 of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal. This discussion is led by Joel Amidon, Jen Wolfe, and Dusty Jones and article authors/MTE journal editors, Amber Candela, Allyson Hallman-Thrasher, and Rachael Eriksen Brown. Candela, A. G., Hallman-Thrasher, A., & Brown, R. E. (2026). “So who’s the actual editor?”. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 14*(3), 135-138. * https://doi.org/10.5951/MTE.2026-0011 Review for MTE [email protected] - email the editors with questions/comments Mathematics Teacher Educator Writing Tool The Teaching Math Teaching podcast is supported by Amidon Planet. Special Guests: Allyson Hallman-Thrasher, Amber Candella, and Rachael Brown.

In this episode, we explore a recent article, titled “Empowering Mathematics Teachers to Support Emergent Bilinguals: A Collaborative Approach to Integrating Funds of Knowledge”, from Volume 14, Issue 3 of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal. In this discussion we will focus on the problem addressed in the article, the work behind it, and what it means for practice. This episode includes the authors, Jiyeong Yi and Shristi Shrestha. The article was also authored by Jasmine Sourwine. Yi, J., Sourwine, J., & Shrestha, S. (2026). Empowering Mathematics Teachers to Support Emergent Bilinguals: A Collaborative Approach to Integrating Funds of Knowledge. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 14(3), 151-167. https://doi.org/10.5951/MTE.2025-0010 Mathematics Teacher Educator Writing Tool The Mathematics Teacher Educator podcast is supported by Amidon Planet. Special Guests: Jiyeong Yi and Shristi Shrestha.

In this episode, we explore a recent article, titled “Broadening Participation in Mathematics With Equity Analytics (EQUIP-Informed): A Teacher Professional Development Model for Centering Equity”, from Volume 14, Issue 3, of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal. In this discussion we will focus on the problem addressed in the article, the work behind it, and what it means for practice. This episode includes the article author Eva Thanheiser. The article was also authored by Kathryn Roman and Ruth Heaton. Thanheiser, E., Roman, K., & Heaton, R. (2026). Broadening Participation in Mathematics With Equity Analytics (EQUIP-Informed): A Teacher Professional Development Model for Centering Equity. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 14(3), 139-150. https://doi.org/10.5951/MTE.2025-0001 Eva Thanheiser's Website Article Resources on Eva's Website EQUIP Tool and Video Introduction Teaching Math Teaching Episode 32: Niral Shah & Daniel Reinholz: Observing Participation and Recognizing Equity Teaching Math Teaching Episode 18: Ruth Heaton: Chief Executive Officer at Teachers Development Group Thanheiser, E., Robinson, M. L., Han, S. B., Sugimoto, A., Koestler, C., & Felton-Koestler, M. (2025). Data Reasoning About Ourselves and Others. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 118(10), 750-759. Mathematics Teacher Educator Writing Tool The Mathematics Teacher Educator podcast is supported by Amidon Planet.

In this episode, we explore a recent article, titled “Critically Conscious Mathematics Leaders: Fostering Specialists’ Learning and Transformative Leadership”, from Volume 14, Issue 3 of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal. In this discussion we will focus on the problem addressed in the article, the work behind it, and what it means for practice. This episode includes the article authors, Katherine Comey Edwards and Courtney K. Baker. Edwards, K. C., & Baker, C. K. (2026). Critically Conscious Mathematics Leaders: Fostering Specialists’ Learning and Transformative Leadership. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 14(3), 168-180. https://doi.org/10.5951/MTE.2025-0037 Mathematics Teacher Educator Writing Tool The Mathematics Teacher Educator podcast is supported by Amidon Planet. Special Guests: Courtney Baker and Katherine Comey Edwards.

In this episode, we explore a recent article, titled “Preservice Teachers’ Evolving Knowledge Around Technology for Teaching Mathematics”, from Volume 14, Issue 2 of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal. In this discussion we will focus on the problem addressed in the article, the work behind it, and what it means for practice. This discussion is led by Joel Amidon and article authors, Kelly Navas and Karina Hensberry. Navas, K., & Hensberry, K. K. R. (2026). Preservice Teachers’ Evolving Knowledge Around Technology for Teaching Mathematics. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 14(2), 102-120. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.5951/MTE.2024-0039 PhET Interactive Simulations Mathematics Teacher Educator Writing Tool The Mathematics Teacher Educator podcast is supported by Amidon Planet. Special Guests: Karina Hensberry and Kelly Navas.

In this episode, we explore a recent article, titled “Adapting Messages and Materials for Multiple Communities: Using Teacher Recruitment Materials With Integrity”, from Volume 14, Issue 2 of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal. In this discussion we will focus on the problem addressed in the article, the work behind it, and what it means for practice. This discussion is led by Joel Amidon and article authors, Jean Lee, Gary Martin, and Glenn Waddell. The article was also authored by Amy Roth McDuffie. Lee, J. S., Martin, W. G., Waddell, Jr., G., & McDuffie, A. R. (2026). Adapting Messages and Materials for Multiple Communities: Using Teacher Recruitment Materials With Integrity. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 14(2), 72-85. Retrieved Apr 28, 2026, from https://doi-org.umiss.idm.oclc.org/10.5951/MTE.2023-0056 Get the Facts Out AMTE Get the Facts Out Task Force Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership Mathematics Teacher Educator Writing Tool The Mathematics Teacher Educator podcast is supported by Amidon Planet. Special Guests: Glenn Waddell, Jean Lee, and W. Gary Martin.

In this episode, we explore a recent article, titled “Engaging in Equity-Oriented Mathematics Teaching Together: A Tool to Support Mentor and Teacher Candidate Learning”, from Volume 14, Issue 2 of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal. In this discussion we will focus on the problem addressed in the article, the work behind it, and what it means for practice. This discussion includeds article authors, Taylor Stafford, Heather Fink, and Melinda Knapp . The article was also authored by Ruth Heaton and Torrey Kulow. Stafford, T. E., Fink, H., Knapp, M., Heaton, R., & Kulow, T. (2026). Engaging in Equity-Oriented Mathematics Teaching Together: A Tool to Support Mentor and Teacher Candidate Learning. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 14(2), 121-134. Retrieved Apr 6, 2026, from https://doi-org.umiss.idm.oclc.org/10.5951/MTE.2025-0024 Project website: https://colearnemt.org Mathematics Teacher Educator Writing Tool The Mathematics Teacher Educator podcast is supported by Amidon Planet. Special Guests: Heather Fink, Melinda Knapp, and Taylor Stafford.

This article details the development of design principles to support teachers in planning for a Community-Based Mathematical Modeling task with a focus on social justice in the elementary grades. By reflecting on the dilemmas we encountered in the design and enactment of the tasks, we developed five design principles that allowed us to address issues of social justice as well as attend to powerful mathematical ideas to bring awareness and take action around a local problem. Through our article, we hope to share with mathematics teacher educators design principles to help plan for tasks with pre- and in-service teachers that prioritize connecting mathematics to social issues and empower both teachers and students to take action to make a positive impact in the community. Special Guests: Holly Nicole Tate and Jennifer Suh.

The authors began this work with the understandings that (a) there is no “neutral” when it comes to the teaching of mathematics, and (b) mathematics teacher educators need to do something to help produce teachers of mathematics that develop students’ relationships with mathematics and push against the inequities that exist both within and outside of the classrooms in which they will teach. In response, the authors created, deployed, and studied a learning module in an attempt to enact antiracist mathematics teacher education. The learning module activities, the findings about the learning from the prospective teachers who engaged in the module, and messages for mathematics teacher educators who want to engage in this work are shared. Special Guests: Anne Marie Marshall, Joel Amidon, and Rebecca E. Smith.

This article focuses on using simulations of practice in teacher education. We studied preservice teachers’ engagement with a popular simulations platform, which creates mixed-reality simulations of five digital avatars controlled by a single live interactor. Because simulations are only an approximation of real practice, our overarching goal was to understand how mathematical stereotypes might arise in simulated spaces. We used Discourse analysis to classify the stereotypes present and the EQUIP observation tool to understand how PTs made participation opportunities available. We found that the simulations might have perpetuated overtly racist and sexist stereotypes and that negatively stereotyped students were afforded lower-quality opportunities to participate. We discuss how to mitigate potential harm caused and offer guidance for redesigning more equitable and antiracist simulations. Our goal is to raise critical questions for our field around the use of simulations of practice. Special Guests: Daniel Reinholz and Liza Bondurant.

We introduce a teacher learning practice called EQUIP-ing, which aims to foster sociopolitical noticing by leveraging EQUIP, an equity-oriented classroom observation tool. We detail our iterations of EQUIP-ing to a field-based Number Talk experience in a secondary mathematics methods course with 25 White prospective teachers (PTs). We offer empirical accounts of how EQUIP-ing empowered PTs to connect their teaching practices with racialized and gendered patterns of student participation; as a result, PTs began to reconsider taken-for-granted practices. However, we also found that PTs demonstrated potentially detrimental ways of attributing marginalizing patterns to minoritized students without actionable plans to redress the inequity. We conclude by inviting mathematics teacher educators to apply EQUIP-ing while emphasizing purposeful support for asset-based noticing. Special Guest: Sunghwan Byun.

Two broad categories of instructional practices, (a) explicitly attending to concepts and (b) fostering students’ opportunities to struggle, have been consistently linked to improving students’ mathematical learning and achievement. In this article, we describe an effort to build these practices into a framework that is useful for a diverse set of professional development (PD) offerings. We describe three examples of how the framework is used to support teacher learning and classroom instructional practice: a state-mandated course, lesson studies, and a large-scale teacher–researcher alliance. Initial findings suggest that consistently emphasizing this framework provides both content and structural guidance during PD development and gives coherence and focus to teachers’ PD experiences. Special Guests: Gwyneth Hughes, Joe Champion, Lindsey Yundt, and Michele B. Carney.

Learning to teach mathematics is a complex endeavor, requiring sustained focus and time. Yet time is especially scarce in elementary teacher education programs, where preservice teachers (PSTs) learn all content areas. Through a collaborative self-study, five teacher educators identified three time-related tensions in elementary mathematics methods courses: (a) teaching mathematics content and pedagogy; (b) connecting theory and practice; and (c) promoting social contexts in teaching mathematics. To address these tensions, we offer three design principles and illustrative examples: (a) addressing multiple goals for each course component; (b) developing PSTs’ dispositions over time; and (c) building on PSTs’ strengths to develop understanding of mathematics. We present a reflection tool to assist mathematics teacher educators in designing their courses to maximize their instructional time. Special Guests: Brette Garner, Claudia Bertolone-Smith, Evthokia Stephanie Saclarides, Gladys Krause, and Jen Munson.

Issues of equity in mathematics classrooms existed prior to COVID-19. For many students, however, meaningful participation in mathematical discussions became nearly impossible in online settings during the pandemic. In this study, we note the diversity in and nature of participation in mathematical discourse in an online course for preservice teachers (PSTs). We investigate the influence of implementing two support strategies for discussion: (a) establishing a “rough-draft/ revision” orientation to mathematical tasks; and (b) providing time and structure (tasks and prompts) in an online discussion board for PSTs to post their initial thoughts, react to peers’ solutions, and collectively revise their ideas. In this article, we highlight several benefits of these support strategies to equitable PST participation in a unit on number theory. For example, as compared with oral discussions where only a few PSTs offered their ideas, the written discussion format encouraged every PST to post their ideas. Using a rough-draft/revision stance in the prompts fostered sharing and revealed diverse mathematical approaches, perspectives, and ideas. We argue that giving students opportunities to interact with one another and the mathematics in a variety of ways promotes equitable participation. Special Guests: Margaret Rathouz and Nesrin Cengiz-Phillips.

This article explores one novice mathematics teacher educator’s initial use of the Mathematical Quality in Planning Protocol, an innovative tool that was developed to assist in providing feedback on the mathematical quality of novice mathematics teachers’ lesson plans. The protocol was devised to help mathematics teacher educators bridge the gap between prospective teachers’ mathematical content knowledge and their mathematical content knowledge for teaching. Results of our analysis on an initial use of the protocol point to its potential as a tool to help mathematics teacher educators direct their feedback from being overly focused on the pedagogical aspects of the lesson (e.g., timing, planned activities) to the mathematical content prospective teachers are attempting to teach (e.g., anticipated student solutions, problem-solving strategies). Special Guest: Kevin Voogt.