The TEAM-Math project in east Alabama consists of 12 school districts and 2 universities working together to improve mathematics education in the region. One of the key components in achieving our goal is to develop a shared vision for the mathematics that should be taught at each course and grade. When district representatives met prior to the beginning of the project, they were quite skeptical about the possibility of having all 12 districts agree on a common curriculum, yet that is precisely what has happened. Over the first 16 months of the project, we undertook a three-step process to gain consensus.
