St. Louis Inner Ring Cooperative: Intervention Case Studies in K-12 Math & Science

该项目是由一个合作伙伴提出的，其中包括圣路易斯的华盛顿大学、圣路易斯的五个近城区学区（弗格森-弗洛里森特、枫林-里士满高地、河景花园、大学城和韦伯斯特格罗夫斯）以及两个非正式的科学中心，圣路易斯科学中心和圣路易斯动物园。 伙伴关系的努力是提高数学和科学的preK-12学生的成绩开始，特别侧重于4-8年级。 各学区负责约29 000名学生的教育，该项目每年将影响数百名教师。目标是提高学生的成绩，实现这一目标的办法是：提高能力，为每个学生提供具有挑战性的数学和科学课程;从任职前教育到上岗培训，发展模范教师支助;利用创新的招聘战略提高教师的质量、数量和多样性;缩小代表性不足的少数民族学生与高加索人在数学和科学方面的成绩差距。 为了实现这些目标，该伙伴关系正在设计和实施一个由六部分组成的教师专业发展基础设施以及一个材料管理和社区支持系统，该系统将长期维持。

The project is proposed by a partnership that includes Washington University, St. Louis, five near-urban school districts in St. Louis (Ferguson-Florissant, Maplewood-Richmond Heights, Riverview Gardens, University City and Webster Groves) and two informal science centers, the St. Louis Science Center and the St. Louis Zoo. The partnership effort is to improve the mathematics and science achievement of preK-12 students beginning with a particular focus on grades 4-8. The school districts are responsible for the education of approximately 29,000 students and the project will impact several hundred teachers each year. A goal is to enhance student achievement, and this is accomplished by: improving capacity to provide a challenging math and science curriculum for every student; developing exemplary teacher support from pre-service education through the induction years; improving teacher quality, quantity and diversity using innovative recruitment strategies, and; narrowing the achievement gap between under-represented minority students and Caucasians in math and science. To achieve these goals, the partnership is designing and implementing a six-part infrastructure for teacher professional development and a materials management and community support system, which is to be sustained for the long-term.