Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Mathematician is the best job in America!  CareerCast.com ranked 200 jobs in America based on five criteria:  stress, physical demands, hiring outlook, compensation and work environment.  The top three jobs are all mathematics-based.  Here are the top 10:

1. Mathematician
2. Actuary
3. Statistician
4. Biologist
5. Software Engineer
6. Computer Systems Analyst
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A group of legislators, educators, business leaders, and concerned parents recommend that Utah schools adopt "Singapore Math" (see www.utahsmathfuture.com).  What do you think?  What would you recommend to your legislators?

Camille Baker

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Tami Bird

The Utah Mathematics Teacher, the official journal of the Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics, began its first publication in the fall of 2008.  Editorial correspondence should be e-mailed to Christine Walker at Chri

Over the course of the next several months we, the UCTM Web Team, will be working on this site. While we could have waited to launch the site until it was fully stocked with content and goodies, it was decided that there were certain items that needed to be made available immediately. The list of available resources will grow and the amount of information accessible will increase with time. It is our goal to create a site that will help math teachers be successful.