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）和教育发展中心提议建立专注于数学的伙伴关系，这是一个有针对性的数学和科学伙伴关系，重点关注5-12年级的数学教学。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项目，为教师提供坚实的基于内容的专业发展，为学生提供严格的课程和课程，并建立一个数学社区，数学家和大学预科教育工作者共同努力，将数学置于5-12数学教育的核心。该项目的特点是：基于先前工作的研究设计；数学家的核心参与；以数学为基础的连贯的教师专业发展计划；彻底的课程检讨；学生年度成绩目标；并建立了一个持久的数学共同体。该伙伴关系为教师提供了一个新的专业硕士学位，即高级研究与教学硕士：数学学位，并提供了一个支持数学活跃的教育职业的模型，以及基于内容、教师驱动的专业发展计划的范例。支持合作伙伴包括伍斯特理工学院工业数学与统计中心和麻省大学洛厄尔分校数学科学系。该项目预计将影响五个学区的19,000多名学生和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.