California Mathematics Project

What California Mathematics Project does

The California Mathematics Project (CMP) is a K-16 nonprofit educational network that delivers mathematics professional development to California's K-12 teachers, administrators, and university faculty. CMP operates through 11 regional sites hosted at California universities — including UC Irvine, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, Cal Poly Pomona, Sacramento State, CSU Dominguez Hills, Fresno State, and Santa Clara Valley — coordinated by a CMP Statewide Office. Its products and services include fee-based professional development workshops and institutes (e.g., the 3-session "Going Deeper with Fostering Ratio and Proportional Reasoning, grades 6-9" at $100 per participant), free events such as the CANMEE Virtual Lesson Study Symposium, a 5-day Modeling with Mathematics Institute curriculum, and the California Online Mathematics Education Times (COMET) electronic newsletter published continuously since January 2000.

CMP's underlying "technology" is a curated curriculum and content library rather than a software platform. Core assets include the CaCCSS-M Task Forces covering Number Sense, Fractions from a Number Line Approach, Model with Mathematics, Transformational Geometry, High School Mathematical Modeling, and Statistics; the COMET archive spanning 46+ volumes of STEM education news; and lesson study programming coordinated via CANMEE across 12 regional sites. The 2023 California Mathematics Framework Rollout Website, launched in 2023, extends CMP's content distribution digitally. CMP has no mobile app, no public API, and no disclosed AI/ML capabilities; its technology differentiators are domain specialization, content library depth, and configurability of institute curricula.

CMP's business model combines low-priced paid workshop fees, free events, and — by inference from its nonprofit status, university affiliations, and partnerships with the California Department of Education, California Mathematics Council, CCSESA, CAMTE, and the University of California Office of the President — likely state and UC-system grant funding administered through the broader California Subject Matter Project (CSMP). Go-to-market is community-led: CMP reaches educators through its 11 regional sites (in-person, virtual, and hybrid delivery), the COMET email newsletter, and resource download portals. Primary customers are individual mathematics teachers (K-12), with secondary segments including school/district administrators and university mathematics education faculty.

Name

California Mathematics Project

Legal name

California Mathematics Project

Website

https://cmpso.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The California Mathematics Project is a California-based K-16 nonprofit network of 11 university regional sites that delivers mathematics professional development, workshops, lesson study programs, and curriculum resources aligned to California Mathematics Standards for K-12 teachers and administrators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mathematics Professional Development and Teacher Training

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Other Schools and Instruction (6116)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Mathematics Instruction (School-Delivered) (EDAJAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Curriculum, Lesson Planning & Instructional Content Platforms (EDAJAMAD)

Keywords

• Mathematics professional development
• K-12 teacher training
• Lesson study programs
• Education resource networks
• Curriculum standards alignment

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Development Services: CMP provides fee-based professional development workshops and institutes to mathematics teachers. Events such as 'Going Deeper with Fostering Ratio and Proportional Reasoning, grades 6-9' are priced at $100 per participant.
2. Newsletter Subscription (COMET): The California Online Mathematics Education Times (COMET) is distributed via email subscription through [email protected], serving as a free resource to mathematics educators.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

California Mathematics Project is a statewide K-16 network that delivers mathematics professional development to K-12 teachers through fee-based and free workshops, multi-day institutes, and lesson study symposia hosted at 11 regional California university sites. It publishes the COMET electronic newsletter and maintains CaCCSS-M Task Force content libraries covering Number Sense, Fractions, Modeling, Transformational Geometry, and High School Mathematical Modeling aligned to California Mathematics Standards and Framework.

Product overview

California Mathematics Project (CMP) is a K-16 educational nonprofit network that provides mathematics curriculum support and professional development to California teachers. Rather than a unified software product, CMP operates as a distributed network of regional sites across California universities that collectively offer professional development programs, publish the California Online Mathematics Education Times (COMET) newsletter, and maintain task forces focused on specific mathematical domains (Number Sense, Fractions, K-8 Modeling, Transformational Geometry, High School Modeling, Statistics). Their resources include institutes, workshops, downloadable materials, and the COMET electronic publication serving PreK-12 mathematics teachers and administrators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• COMET (California Online Mathematics Education Times): An electronic publication featuring STEM education news from California and across the nation, professional events and opportunities, current educational issues, and online resources.
• CANMEE (Collaborative Action for Numeracy Mathematics Education Equity)

Products and services

• California Online Mathematics Education Times (COMET) An electronic newsletter publication featuring STEM education news from California and across the nation, professional development opportunities, current educational issues, and online resources, distributed via email subscription to mathematics educators.
• CaCCSS-M Task Force Program A coordinated set of task forces (Number Sense, Fractions from a Number Line Approach, Model with Mathematics, Transformational Geometry, High School Mathematical Modeling) that develop standards-aligned teacher content resources including articles, books, videos, technology, problems, curriculum, and presentation outlines.
• Modeling with Mathematics Institute
• Going Deeper with Fostering Ratio and Proportional Reasoning Workshop Series A 3-meeting professional development series for grades 6-9 teachers priced at $100 per participant, focusing on developing proportional reasoning through contexts including division of fractions, sampling, probability, slope, similarity, and geometry.
• Resources & Downloads Portal A curated online collection of resources including California Common Core State Standards, California Mathematics Framework, instructional resources, professional organization memberships, statistics resources, and educational publications for mathematics teachers.
• CANMEE Virtual Lesson Study Symposium A free virtual lesson study symposium hosted via Zoom, focused on making the California Mathematics Framework come to life through collaborative lesson study connecting regional sites across California.
• Regional Sites Network of Professional Development A network of 11 regional sites at California universities (Bay Area Mathematics Project, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UC Irvine, Cal Poly Pomona, Sacramento State, CSU Dominguez Hills, Fresno State, Santa Clara, plus Statewide Office) delivering in-person, hybrid, and virtual professional development workshops and institutes to mathematics teachers across California.

Quantifiable outcome

• CMP Statewide Office coordinates 11 regional sites across California serving mathematics teachers K-16
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• California Department of Education (CDE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011CDE partnered with CMP, California Mathematics Council (CMC), CCSESA Mathematics Subcommittee, and California Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (CAMTE) to establish CaCCSS-M Task Forces and provide information on California Common Core Content Standards Mathematics to California's teachers.
• California Mathematics Council (CMC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated to establish CaCCSS-M Task Forces to collect, design, and organize professional development resources aligned to California Mathematics Standards.
• CCSESA Mathematics Subcommittee (CISC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint effort to provide information on California Common Core Content Standards Mathematics to various constituents in California including teachers, parents, administrators, and teacher educators.
• California Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (CAMTE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMP collaboration with CAMTE established CaCCSS-M Task Forces to strengthen teachers' content knowledge to teach mathematics standards.
• California Subject Matter Project (CSMP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMP is part of the California Subject Matter Project network, a broader initiative supporting subject-specific professional development across California.
• University of California Office of the President (UCOP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCOP administers the Governor's Mathematics Professional Development Initiatives and hosts information about California Mathematics Institutes.
• CANMEE Regional SitescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCalifornia Alliance for NSMQ Excellence (CANMEE) connects 12 regional sites across California for collaborative lesson study and mathematics improvement initiatives.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM): The primary US professional association for mathematics educators, providing PD conferences, publications, and standards-aligned resources. Comparable to CMP as a math-teacher PD provider, though operating nationally rather than within a single state.
• Charles A. Dana Center (University of Texas at Austin): University-based math education center focused on K-12 mathematics teaching quality, district support, and standards-aligned PD—closely analogous to CMP's university-hosted regional-site model, but serving Texas.
• Learning Forward (formerly NSDC): National professional association dedicated to standards-based professional learning for educators. Directly comparable to CMP as a provider of educator PD content, frameworks, and convenings, though broader than mathematics only.
• Math for America: Nonprofit that provides fellowships, professional development, and ongoing support to outstanding K-12 mathematics teachers through university-based sites—directly comparable to CMP's model of supporting math teachers via institutional partnerships.
• TeachingWorks (University of Michigan): University-based initiative advancing high-leverage teaching practices and PD for educators. Comparable to CMP as a university-anchored teacher PD/pedagogy research and practice organization.

Broad incumbents

• WestEd: Large nonprofit education research and PD organization covering math and many other subjects with district and state-level contracts. Overlaps with CMP on math PD but operates at significantly larger scale and broader scope.

Emerging players

• Illustrative Mathematics: Nonprofit that provides standards-aligned math curriculum, teacher PD, and a national network. Comparable to CMP in PD focus and nonprofit structure, though more national in scope and increasingly product-driven.
• TODOS: Mathematics for All: Professional organization advancing equity in mathematics education through PD and publications. Comparable to CMP on equity-focused math teacher PD, though smaller and emerging relative to CMP's institutional footprint.

Regional players

• Aspire Public Schools: California-based K-12 operator using rigorous math instruction as part of its model—an adjacent California-focused math education stakeholder rather than a direct PD peer, useful for understanding the buyer-side market CMP serves.
• Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative (SVMMI): California-based regional math education collaborative providing PD and instructional resources to member districts. Closely comparable to CMP's regional-site approach but operating specifically in the Bay Area.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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