Focus on Mathematics

波士顿大学、大波士顿地区的五个学区(阿灵顿、切尔西、劳伦斯、沃尔瑟姆和沃特敦公立学校)和教育发展中心建议建立关注数学，这是一个有针对性的数学和科学伙伴关系，专注于5-12年级的数学教学和学习。该伙伴关系提高学生成绩和教师质量的方法是通过三个相互关联的计划，为教师提供扎实的基于内容的专业发展，将学生纳入严格的课程和课程，并建立一个数学社区，数学家和大学前教育工作者在其中共同努力，将数学置于5-12数学教育的核心。该项目的特点是：建立在先前工作基础上的基于研究的设计；数学家的核心参与；基于数学的教师的协调一致的专业发展计划；全面的课程审查；年度学生成绩目标；以及建立一个持久的数学社区。该合作伙伴关系为教师提供了一个新的专业硕士学位，即高级研究和教学硕士：数学学位，并提供了一种模式，支持在教育中积极从事数学职业，以及以内容为基础、教师驱动的专业发展计划的范例。支持伙伴包括伍斯特理工学院的工业数学和统计中心和马萨诸塞大学洛厄尔分校的数学科学系。该项目预计将影响五个学区超过19,000名学生和400名教师。

Boston University, five school districts in the Greater Boston area (Arlington, Chelsea, Lawrence, Waltham, and Watertown Public Schools) and the Education Development Center, propose to establish Focus on Mathematics, a targeted Math and Science Partnership focusing on mathematics teaching and learning in grades 5-12. The Partnership's approach to increasing student achievement and teacher quality is through three inter-related programs that provide teachers with solid content-based professional development, place students into rigorous courses and curricula, and establish a mathematical community in which mathematicians and precollege educators work together to put mathematics at the core of 5-12 mathematics education. The project features: a research based design that builds on prior work; core involvement of mathematicians; a coherent program of professional development for teachers based in mathematics; a thorough curriculum review; yearly student achievement targets; and the establishment of a lasting mathematical community. The Partnership offers a new professional masters degree for teachers, the Masters in Advanced Study and Teaching: Mathematics degree, and provides a model that supports mathematically active careers in education and exemplars of content-based, teacher-driven professional development programs. Supporting partners include the Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. The project expects to impact over 19,000 students and 400 teachers across the five school districts.