The Mathical selection panel is drawn from librarians, teachers, mathematicians, early childhood experts, and others. The jury selects winners in five grade-level categories: PreK, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
2025 Prize Co-Chairs
- Katie Hendrickson (co-chair), Chief of Staff, Code.org, and former secondary school mathematics teacher
- Chris Nho (co-chair), Lesson Developer, Desmos, former secondary school mathematics teacher, and co-founder of Public Math
- Dr. John Urschel (co-chair), Assistant Professor of Mathematics, MIT, and former offensive lineman for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens
- Sondra Eklund (chair in training), Youth Materials Selector at Fairfax County Public Library, and former college mathematics teacher
2025 Prize Selection Panel
- Jeanine Brownell, Math Specialist (Grades K-5) at Jane Stenson School, Skokie School District 68, Illinois, and former early childhood educator
- Dr. Kristopher Childs, Chief Academics, Equity, and Social Justice Officer at Open-Up Resources, former secondary school mathematics teacher, and host of the DrKChilds YouTube channel with videos for teachers
- Johanna Cinquegrana, Middle School Mathematics Teacher at New Explorations into Science, Technology + Math (Manhattan, NY)
- Gabriella DeLeon-DeHaan, Dual Language Teacher at San Bernardino City Unified School District (NCTE)
- Dr. Daniel Erman, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Celina Gonzalez, Training & Program Development Coordinator at FoodCorps, and former multiple subjects teacher/education specialist
- Marcelle Good, Math Specialist at Academy of Arts and Letters (Brooklyn, NY)
- Genesis Grullón, 6th-7th grade math teacher at the Young Women’s Leadership School (Brooklyn, New York)
- Latrenda Knighten, Incoming president of the National Council of Teachers of mathematics (NCTM) and former mathematics curriculum supervisor and K-5 mathematics teacher
- Araceli Moreno Lomeli, Bilingual adult services librarian at McHenry Public Library District (Illinois)
- Carolyn Pfister, Coordinator of the California Early Math Project, and former elementary and middle school math teacher and K-8 principal
- Dr. Amanda Ruiz, Associate professor of mathematics at University of San Diego
- Dr. Michael Shaughnessy, Professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics at Portland State University and past president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
- Dr. Tatiana Toro (ex officio), Director of the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath) and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Washington
- Akil Wilson, Mathematics teacher at School of the Future High School (Manhattan, New York)
- Dr. Terrell Young, Professor of children’s literature at Brigham Young University (NCTE)