Houston Urban Learning Initiatives in a Networked Community

休斯顿独立学区（HISD）提议通过网络社区中的休斯顿城市学习计划（HU-LINC），为所有学生显著推进数学、科学和技术教育系统。HU-LINC将通过基于州法律要求的德克萨斯州基本知识和技能（TEKS）的具有挑战性的课程来完成这一任务。TEKS课程精心发展不同年级的概念和技能，并注重通过动手探究和具体模型来构建知识，最终实现知识和技能的相关应用。为确保本区的教学人员、支援人员和广大社区了解TEKS的每一个目标，HISD已经开始制定CLEAR项目（澄清学习以提高成绩）。开发CLEAR项目的必要性是基于一项重要的发现，即管理人员、教师和家长对应该通过国家规定的课程教授什么存在多种解释。地区行政人员和教师正在与来自高等教育机构和全州系统倡议（SSI）的顾问一起制定该文件。CLEAR项目将协助所有K-12数学和科学教师确定为所有学生实施基于标准的数学和科学课程所需的知识、技能、内容、评估、设备和材料。学校将为管理人员、辅导员、教师、学生和家长提供专业发展和其他支持活动，以确保CLEAR项目能够全面实施TEKS的目标和宗旨。为了确保TEKS的全面实施，HISD采取了学区范围内的政策，影响学校和地区的责任，资源分配，并提高了与数学和科学的教、学和成就相关的毕业要求。此外，当局亦作出特别努力，争取和维持社会各界的支持，以推动教育改革，并协助维持对所有学生的支持和充实。为了完成新策略计划的目标，hul - linc设立了三个目标来应对地区所面临的挑战。目标是：(1)显著改善教学和学习，使所有学生在具有挑战性的科学和数学方面取得高成就，使更多的学生能够从事科学、数学和技术方面的职业；(2)建立并扩大一个统一的联盟系统，以有意义的方式将休斯敦教育机构的学生、教师、家庭和社区成员与城市丰富多样的资源联系起来；(3)建立一个基础设施，使学区的政策、程序、组织结构、课程、专业发展和评估系统以及资源保持一致，以维持学生在严谨的科学、数学和技术方面的最高质量学习。

The Houston Independent School District (HISD) proposes to advance significantly the educational system in mathematics science and technology for all its students through the Houston Urban Learning Initiatives in a Networked Community (HU-LINC). HU-LINC will accomplish this task through a challenging curriculum based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) required by state law. The TEKS curriculum carefully develops concepts and skills across grade levels and focuses on constructing knowledge using hands-on inquiry and concrete models culminating in relevant applications of the knowledge and skills. To ensure that the District's instructional workforce, support staff, and the community at large understand every objective of TEKS, HISD has begun the development of Project CLEAR (Clarifying Learning to Enhance Achievement Results). The need to develop Project CLEAR was based on a key finding that multiple interpretations exist among administrators, teachers and parents regarding what should be taught through the state-mandated curriculum. District administrators and teachers are developing the document in conjunction with consultants from institutions of higher education and the statewide systemic initiative (SSI). Project CLEAR will assist all K-12 teachers of mathematics and science in determining the knowledge, skills, content, assessment, and equipment and materials necessary to implement a standards-based mathematics and science program for all students.HU-LINC intends to provide professional development and other support activities to administrators, counselors, teachers, students, and parents to ensure that Project CLEAR occasion full implementation of the goals and objectives of TEKS. To ensure full implementation of TEKS, HISD has adopted district-wide policies that effect school and district accountability, resource allocations, and increased graduation requirements relative to the teaching, learning, and achievement of mathematics and science. Special efforts have also been undertaken to garner and maintain support from the community to promote educational reforA and help sustain support and enrichment for all students.To accomplish the goals of the new strategic plan, HU-LINC established three goals to meet the challenges facing the District. The goals are to: (1) significantly improve teaching and learning that leads to high achievement in challenging science and mathematics by all students, enabling significantly more students to pursue careers in science, mathematics and technology; (2) establish and expand a unified system of coalitions that link students, teachers, families, and community members in Houston's educational institutions with the city's vast and diverse resources in meaningful ways; and (3) establish an infrastructure that aligns the district's policies, procedures, organizational structures, curricula, professional development and evaluation systems, and resources in order to sustain the highest quality of student learning of rigorous science, mathematics, and technology.