Katherine Puckett Layton
Katherine Puckett Layton is an American mathematics educator and the author of mathematics textbooks.
Education and career
Layton received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of California at Los Angeles and later obtained a master's degree in education from Harvard University. In 1960, shortly after graduating from UCLA, Layton began her long teaching career at Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. During the seventies, Layton served as chair of the mathematics department and was involved with the students both in the classroom and through Mu Alpha Theta, the honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. Layton served as visiting lecturer at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina and from 1986–1987, in the UCLA mathematics department. After retiring from Beverly Hills High School in 1999. Layton served two years as a distinguishe educator at the UCLA Graduate School of Education.Layton made two trips to China to evaluate educational efforts in that country. Findings of the second trip were presented at the convention of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics at the Cervantes Convention Center in St. Louis, Missouri; Layton was one of the panelists that presented the conclusions of the envoy. Layton was a member of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards in 1989, when they began planning to issue teaching certificates to qualified teachers. The program was designed to measure "expertise in 29 areas ranging from childhood development to foreign languages".
Layton, a longtime member of the NCTM, was an invited speaker of more than 22 annual meetings and numerous regional meetings. She served on several committees of the Mathematical Association of America and was an invited speaker at six annual MAA meetings. In addition to serving on the board of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, Layton served as a member of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the College Entrance Examination Board, and the Mathematical Science Education Board.