We have found strong interest in the goal to train our nation, with this focused strategy as seen with Community Math Training on line and free to the world. We are to serve all stakeholders, with involvement of leading research and applications professionals in academia to coach.

We are now entering Phase 2. The math skills acquired in Phase 1 are to now be Applied to real life Sciences, culture, arts and demonstrated in practical use to aid all users who benefit from concrete examples. We intend to develop the Applications with student input, to offer their perspectives and permit their growth to come with their involvement.

Dr. Lori McGrew: Earned her B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. Later earned her Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP) then her Ph.D. from the Pharmacology Department at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Professor McGrew is now an Associate Prof of Pharmacy at Lincoln School of Pharmacy, having previously served in various roles at Belmont University, where she taught courses in human anatomy & physiology, pharmacology and neurobiology in addition to ongoing research. She is an exceptionally strong sciences advocate for women in STEM and able to create a broad body of literacy and mathematics works in early science.

Dr. James L. Frazier: Emeritus Professor of Entomology, former Dept Chair and a member of the Center for Ecology and Research at Penn State University. As an internationally recognized insect chemical ecologist, his 45-year career involved teaching, research, administration, and formed food and agricultural policy at three major land-grant universities. Dr. Frazier has participated broadly with commercial stakeholder systems of the U.S., Canada, and the E.U. He and his wife Maryann (next) are proven exceptional trainers; with a gift for insights deemed ideal for nurturing curiosity with youth as demonstrated in projects they created which are still in use today (see below).

Maryann T. Frazier: Senior Extension Associate, Masters in Agriculture in Entomology, recently retired at Penn State University, is an internationally recognized apicultural scientist with broad experience in outreach, teaching, and research. Her specialty is of honeybees and native bees. Maryann is a proven innovative educator for undergraduate students and was the developer of a summer certification course Bug Camp for Teachers that used insects to teach biological concepts in the classroom. She co-developed, with the PSU education department, a new course for K-12 education majors at Penn State “The Insect Connection for Educators”. This course was developed to increase the science competence of teachers and bring an affordable and unique approach for new K-12 teachers graduating from Penn State. The Great Insect Fair (since 1993) and Bug Camp for Kids (since 1994) are her outreach programs that operate annually at PSU.

Joe McGrew: West Virginia Institute of Technology (mathematics); Guilford College (Physics) Owner-operator Professional Tutoring Service. Joe has twenty+ years serving both institutions and students in the K-12 markets. He trains adults for Vanderbilt GMAT prep, and has worked with leading area high and middle schools in their curriculum design and implementations for math programs. Joe also designed and built group tutoring with differentiated instruction in math and sciences and offers both individual and group prep for national exams. Project Planning and implementation experiences are in his experiences. As the Frazier’s above, Joe and his wife Dr. Lori McGrew have demonstrated passion for creating and expanding the needed curiosity in our youth.

Mary Pfeiffer: Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN with BS in Secondary Math. Licensed in TN, Mary became involved early in individual instruction and joined with her husband Jim, in the CMT design of the 8 workbooks and 2 bi-lingual editions, to meet the needs of a massive and growing Hispanic population. Mary and Jim, along with the McGrew family, conceived and built the first math lab in Nashville Middle Schools, with parental organizations. They are experienced with and conducted assessments online as early as 2006 and were involved with the implementation efforts of the local school principal.

Jim Pfeiffer: MBA (Systems emphasis) University of Southern Miss; long retired Officer with a major Financial Services firm. Jim has extensive work and sustained performance in the identification of new markets, implementation of specific resources to insure successful growth, especially with innovative efforts in emerging markets. He and his wife Mary were involved with education at his retirement, developing innovative training programs with unique and highly effective approaches. He has years of research and contacts within the industry and has access to specific experts who will be attracted to a program such as CMT.

Our team has access to talent at the highest levels. In working with the need to address the many issues of youth and parents and educators for example, we located and have attracted: Dr. Gerardo Ramirez :Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Education, currently is Assistant professor of Educational Psychology, Ball State University. A graduate of University of Chicago, and UCLA, he currently teaches both undergraduate teacher education courses and advanced classes in their doctoral and master's programs. His primary areas of research include emotion and math achievement. His research work addresses educator, parental and student anxieties, while extensive research is directed to understanding how student academic struggles, personal narratives and sense making processes, shape their math learning.

We face training a nation of students of all ages who have established anxiety levels, which were developed over decades across the nation, with the failure to be sufficiently trained to prove proficiency. This professional stands ready to engage with Educators and Parents as the need arises. Scientific literacy can be enjoyed when engaged with curious young minds, when intentionally designed to create understanding and confidence. Research again shows anxiety and resistance begins with young students, and remains to damage career opportunities. We are focused to interdict in key areas with a design to bring early feedback for success to thwart the fears.

Comments from a Leading National Authority in Mathematics: Ettore F. Infante, (Jim) associated with Brown University in Providence, RI, as a faculty member in the Division of Applied Mathematics, with a specialty in differential equations and their applications to mechanics, control, and macroeconomics. He taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, supervised graduate and postdoctoral students, and published more than sixty research papers during this period.

In the second half of his career, he became an (academic) administrator, serving as director of the Division of Mathematical and Computer Science at the National Science Foundation, as dean of the Institute of Technology (the college of mathematical and physical sciences and engineering) of the University of Minnesota, as dean of the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University, and as senior vice-president of Academic Affairs and provost of the Twin City Campus of the University of Minnesota. He also served as a member of several boards, including those of Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, professional societies, research organizations, and publishing entities. Dr. Infante, long retired, still teaches adults for his community service to Key West Community College. He faces adults who seek better careers, and need the Algebra 1, and once only taught the top 3 %....

Dr. Infante says of the Algebra 1 and Pre-Algebra contents. " I have by now spent quite a bit of time looking over the two books you sent to me. I spent most of my time on the Algebra 1 text, less on the Grade Level 8 book. I find the Algebra book extremely well done, with all the topics that I might have wanted in such a book. It is very well written, and the explanations are clear, concise, and to the point. Let me also state that I have developed a considerable admiration for Mr. Aggor as an expositor, and most patient presenter of material. I certainly could not muster the patience he has displayed in putting together these two books.

Jim, please accept my heartfelt best wishes for success in bring about an improvement to the teaching of mathematics in grade school and high school. And my best regards, Jim Infante, Key West Florida Jim also now gives back to the KW community college, teaching Algebra 1.

There are more, and more professionals who have responded to the model we are building with students and parents in the main focus. It is common knowledge to know the schooling industry today is in a deep struggle with issues raised by the Presidential Math Advisory Panel in 2006-2008. Covid has made these issues far more damaging. Leading K-12 schools have been changing to meet needs for our youth, to have the skills and the experiences to expect success in their future. We advocate for math to build the needed behaviors, gain confidence and use this early success to carry the student forward.