The sites listed here have been organized into two categories. The first category is 
General Issues which are sites offering articles and discussions on a comprehensive 
list of topics in Mathematics Education. The second category is Specific Issues which 
include articles or sites related to a particular issue in Mathematics Education such 
as the International Comparisons in Mathematics Education  or Reforms in Undergraduate 
Mathematics Education. Whenever possible links related to both sides of a controversial
issue have been provided.

General Issues

The Math Forum, Key Issues for the Mathematics Community
The Math Forum  New Directions and Issues in Pedagogy
AMS, Issues in Mathematics Education
MAA two links, Features and Columns.

 Specific Issues
  
 Comparisons in Mathematics and Science Education
NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress Mathematics 2003 Major Results, 
    4th and 8th grade results since 1990.
TIMSS Third International Mathematics and Science Study is a comparison of Mathematics and 
    Science Education across countries. The study presents results on student acheivement, 
    curriculum coverage, classroom experience, and teacher and student educational experience.
 TIMSS United States This site provides links to data and publications of the results of the Third 
    International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in the United States.
 A Study of Three Cultures: Japan, Germany, and the United States (1998), An Overview of the 
    TIMSS Case Study Project by Harold W. Stevenson, University of Michigan
Review of Liping Ma's book, Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: 
    Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (1999), 
    by Roger Howe, Yale University

 Reforms in Mathematics Education, K-12; The NCTM Standards

NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (Electronic overview)
Teaching Mathematics Requires Special Set of Skills  (2004)Article from Education Week 
    and Teacher Magazine by Debra Viadero
Mathematically Sane Site A Source of several interesting articles addressing conflicting 
    viewpoints on  current reforms in mathematics education
The Math Wars: California Battles It Out Over Math Education Reform- Part I (6/1997) 
    by Allyn Jackson, senior writer and editor of the AMS Notices 
The Math Wars: California Battles It Out Over Math Education Reform-Part II(7/1997) 
    by Allyn Jackson, senior writer and editor of the AMS Notices 
Refocusing U.S. Math and Science Education, by Gilbert A. Valverde and William H. Schmidt, 
    U.S. National Research Center for the TIMSS at Michigan State University
The Mathematical Miseducation Of America's Youth (1999), by Michael T. Battista, Kent State University
Views on High School Mathematics Education, (1996-1997)provides the responses of mathematicians,
    mathematics educators and teachers of mathematics, to a set of questions on secondary education in 
    mathematics.
               
 Reforms in Undergraduate Mathematics Education

Calculus Reform for the Millions (5/1997) by David Mumford, Harvard University
Calculus for the Millions (10/1997)by Klein and Rosen of California State University, Northridge
The Mathematical Education of Teachers, published by the American Mathematical Society (AMS), 
    is a report presenting the current thinking on curriculum and policy issues affecting the mathematical 
    education of teachers, with the goal of stimulating efforts on individual campuses to improve 
    programs for prospective teachers.

 Collaborations in Mathematics between K-12 and University Faculty

A Partnership in Mathematics Education  (1995) by Anne Roberts, University of Utah
The Math Circle (1995) Robert Kaplan
Differing Viewpoints on the Teaching of Mathematics  (12/1996) by Alan Tucker
Mathematicians as Educators (1/1997) by Hyman Bass
Professional Development of Mathematics Teachers  (1999) by H. Wu, University of California, Berkeley