This session will discuss how mathematics education has changed over the years, what problems we are facing today, and what might be done about it in the future. The history of the development of a standards-based mathematics curriculum will be discussed and examples of some new ideas used in this curriculum will be shown. There will be my typical use of off-the-wall cartoons to illustrate points to try to keep everyone awake.

Did you know that ...

• 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name
• 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot
• Half the people you know are below average
• Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life
• Black holes are where God divided by zero
• The ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter is Eskimo Pi
• 1 million microphones is equal to 1 megaphone
• The shortest distance between two jokes is a straight line (think about this one!!)