The Virtual Learning Community (VLC) is a site for teachers created by teachers—because we know that teachers are the experts in what teachers want and need. Through the generosity of...
A Community for Sharing Tools and
Ideas about Elementary Mathematics
April 9, 2025
The Virtual Learning Community (VLC) is a site for teachers created by teachers—because we know that teachers are the experts in what teachers want and need. Through the generosity of...
March 27, 2025
Come spend two days in Chicago making connections with fellow educators and engaging in professional learning sessions facilitated by UChicago STEM Education staff and Everyday Mathematics authors! The 2-day experience...
November 19, 2024
Elementary Math Specialists are prepared to provide high quality math instruction to students, to support colleagues with math instruction, and to advocate for high-quality mathematics teaching and learning. The EMS...
August 27, 2024
The CryptoClub Project at UChicago STEM Education is excited to announce the release in the Apple Store of their new mobile app, CryptoClub Daily Ciphers, which offers messages that have...
June 25, 2024
Join us July 29-30, 2024 for the Virtual Everyday Mathematics Professional Learning Conference! The virtual conference will provide a platform to collaborate with fellow educators and engage in sessions facilitated...
May 24, 2024
The Everyday Mathematics team is excited to announce the launch of the new Everyday Mathematics Newsletter. We will publish the newsletter three times a year and it will build on...
April 30, 2024
Join us July 29-30, 2024 for the Virtual Everyday Mathematics Professional Learning Conference! The virtual conference will provide a platform to collaborate with fellow educators and engage in sessions facilitated...
February 8, 2024
The CryptoClub team is offering an online training, to be held in March 2024, for teachers and afterschool educators interested in using the CryptoClub curriculum to teach cryptography. The training...
September 21, 2023
Have you ever wondered how other teachers implement the Everyday Mathematics Open Response and Reengagement Lessons? See the many video resources that we have around these engaging lessons. https://vlc.uchicago.edu/collections/12
September 19, 2023
Some of the most popular resources on the VLC are tools that Everyday Mathematics teachers have created and shared! You can browse teacher-created resources on the VLC by logging into...
September 14, 2023
Have you been thinking about implementing centers or guided math in your Everyday Mathematics classroom? The VLC has resources that can help you think about using Everyday Mathematics in a...
September 11, 2023
Do you have questions about Everyday Mathematics? Would you like to connect with other teachers for feedback and advice? The VLC has discussion groups for that! Join a group, ask...
September 7, 2023
The VLC team worked with the Everyday Mathematics author team to record and archive webinars introducing some of the important content for every unit of every grade in EM. Grab...
September 5, 2023
Are you a teacher who is teaching Everyday Mathematics for the first time? Or perhaps you taught an older edition and are now using Everyday Mathematics 4? Or maybe you...
August 31, 2023
The VLC team knows how helpful it can be to see how other teachers set up their classrooms and hear how they organize things like manipulatives and other math materials...
August 28, 2023
Welcome Back to School! The VLC team hopes that you had a relaxing summer and that you feel energized for the new school year. Remember that the VLC has...
August 21, 2023
The University of Chicago Financial Education Initiative is currently seeking volunteers to field test a new and improved resource—digital conversation cards—to simply get people talking about money. Designed for all...
March 22, 2023
Join us July 31st and August 1st, 2023, for the Virtual Everyday Mathematics Professional Learning Conference! The virtual conference will provide a platform to collaborate with fellow educators and engage...
December 14, 2022
As the EM Author team at UChicago and McGraw Hill plan for future iterations of Everyday Mathematics, we would like your thoughts about the size of the Kindergarten EM Teacher...
October 14, 2020
Do you have parents asking how they can help their children with Everyday Mathematics? Are they expressing that their children are learning a different style of math than they learned...
June 15, 2020
To our members: When this virtual community launched in 2010, we hoped it would be a space for educators from all over the country to come together around common interests—to...
April 1, 2020
Looking for resources to send to students and parents? The following videos are of UChicago STEM Education staff demonstrating some of the algorithms taught in Everyday Mathematics. Feel free to...
March 30, 2020
Looking for resources to send to families? The following videos are of UChicago STEM Education staff demonstrating some of the Everyday Mathematics games. Parents can use pennies or macaroni for...
July 23, 2018
School and district leaders: Are you considering adopting EM4 in your school or district? Are you looking for resources to help you understand how your teachers as a whole are...
The Everyday Mathematics Virtual Learning Community (VLC) provides a space for teachers to view and share resources that support mathematics teaching, communicate with other teachers about pedagogy, and take time to reflect on their practice. Read more >>
