Mathematics and science secondary education in the NYC school system is confronted with a number of serious problems including; shortages of mathematics and science teachers, low teacher retention rates, high failure rates among 8th grade students taking the mathematics exam, lack of preparedness for high school, and poor communication between schools.
To address these problems, the MSPinNYC will use the strategy of a Micro/Macro approach for reform at both the local level and system wide. At the local level, twelve hub schools will be created. Each hub school will be a clinical site for teacher training, and an exemplar for excellence in mathematics and science education. The hub schools will be developed by teams of college faculty and secondary teachers working closely together in a novel model for professional development to create cultures within the schools invested in teaching as a collaborative enterprise and research-driven classroom practices.
The Principal Investigator of Math and Science Partnership in New York City (MSPinNYC) is Pamela Mills.
More information can be
found on a separate web site created by this project: http:// www.mspinnyc.org/ .
This site was created to enhance communication and collaboration
between partners within the MSP in NYC
project as well as to inform the public of the efforts of the Math
and Science Partnership Program. While selected documents in the
library and resources sections have been made available
to the public, only logged in members of the
Math and Science Partnership in New York City (MSPinNYC) project can post comments,
participate or read posts in the Working Groups, or see the interactive
Calendar.
