• Nominations are sought for the Early Career Publication Award. Nomiations are due by January 18, 2017 to Imani Goffney. See the flyer for more details.

• Nominations are sought for a (non-voting) Graduate Student Representative to serve for two years on the SIG-RME board, starting in April 2017. This representative is intended to serve and represent fellow graduate student members of the SIG-RME in the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Enrolled graduate student members of SIG-RME and AERA at large who can maintain this status for two consecutive years are eligible to serve as SIG-RME Graduate Student Representatives. Interested graduate students should submit an application package consisting of a curriculum vita and a 300-word statement on qualifications in carrying out the representative duties (including expected date of graduation) to Meghan Shaughnessy by January 15, 2017. The duties of the graduate student representatives are listed in the bylaws.

• The new summer 2016 newsletter can be found here.

• The NCTM Research Conference Proposal Submission system is now open.

• The Membership Directory has been updated (June 2015). To update your contact information, please update your online profile with AERA. Username and password for accessing the directory can be found in the latest SIGRME newsletter. If you have questions about accessing the directory, please email Meghan Shaughnessy.


• Check out the new job postings. Please remember to refresh your browser to make sure you have the latest job listings. Please email all post requests to: Meghan Shaughnessy. If there are any problems with the website, please e-mail Meghan as well.

Announcements/Calls for papers

• Call for chapter proposals for a practitioner volume focused on teaching the content areas to ELLs in secondary schools. Proposals are due October 28, 2016. See the flyer for more details.

• The II International Conference on Mathematics Textbook Research and Development will be held from May 7-11, 2017 in Brazil. Submissions are now being accepted. See the flyer for more details.

• The 14th International Conference of the Mathematics Education for the Future Project will be held at Balatonfüred, Balaton Lake, Hungary from September 10-15, 2017. For further details and updates please email alan@cdnalma.poznan.pl.

• Texas A&M University is delighted to announce the recipient of the 2016 Award for Excellence in Mathematics Education: Dr. Anthony D. Gardiner

• The 9th Mathematics Education and Society Conference (MES 9) will be held in Volos, Greece from April 7-12, 2017. The theme is "Mathematics Education and Life at Times of Crisis."

• The IAP series, Research in Mathematics Education, is being revived and will focus on a broad range of issues in mathematics education at all levels. There is currently particular interest in proposals dealing with the following areas:  curriculum, assessment, equity in addressing diverse learners, research on the teaching and learning of particular content strands, and other international issues in mathematics education. See the flyer for more information.
  

• Travel Grants are available from the Association for Women in Mathematics. Deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Oct 1, every year.