The East Alabama Partnership for the Improvement of Mathematics Education

在奥本大学、塔斯基吉大学和其他合作伙伴的支持下，成立了“东阿拉巴马州数学教育改善伙伴关系”，以改善东阿拉巴马州12个学区的数学教育。这种伙伴关系的指导思想是，该地区的数学成绩低下可以通过多方面的协调努力来解决，不仅关注学校，还关注大学的教师培训计划以及社区和家长因素。合作伙伴强调，他们在合作中比任何一个成员单独完成的工作都要多。事实上，该项目已发展出一种创新的办法，使各区汇集其有限的资源，从而在某些方面能够作为一个大区来运作。这些学区总共为大约56,000名学生提供服务，这些学生在农村、非常贫困、非洲裔美国人居多（占学生总数的48%）的环境中长大。在五年的时间里，该项目预计将影响合作学校1700多名K-12数学教师。东阿拉巴马伙伴关系致力于确保该地区的所有学生通过参加由高素质教师教授的严格课程来接受公平的数学教育，这些教师使用各种旨在促进学生学习和理解的教学实践。该项目旨在通过使用在其他地方改善数学教育的方法，并使其适应阿拉巴马州东部的情况，来实现其目标。该项目将通过建设该系统提供优质数学教育的长期能力来维持其努力。在地区层面，将制定新的课程指南和选择教科书，为成就奠定基础。该项目将为管理人员提供培训和支持，以帮助管理人员培养对数学更支持的态度。通过教师领导强调内部能力的建设将创造一代数学教育的领导者。最后，奥本大学和塔斯基吉大学的数学家和数学教育家的合作有望显著改变他们的教师教育计划，以便为未来培养合格和多样化的教师队伍。

The East Alabama Partnership for the Improvement of Mathematics Education has been formed to improve mathematics education in 12 school districts in East Alabama with the support of Auburn University, Tuskegee University and other partners. This partnership is guided by the belief that the low mathematics achievement in its region can be solved through a multidimensional, coordinated effort focusing not only on the schools, but also on the universities' teacher preparation programs as well as community and parental factors. The partners emphasize that they can accomplish more in collaboration than can any one member individually. Indeed, the project has developed an innovative approach in which the districts pool their limited resources and are thus able to operate, in some respects, as one large district. Together, the districts in this partnership serve roughly 56,000 students who are growing up in an environment that is rural, very poor and heavily African American (48% of the student population). Over five years, the project expects to impact over 1700 K-12 teachers of mathematics in the partner schools. The East Alabama partnership is committed to ensuring that all students in the region receive an equitable mathematics education by participating in a rigorous curriculum that is taught by highly qualified teachers who use a variety of instructional practices designed to promote student learning and understanding. The project seeks to achieve its aims by using methods shown to improve mathematics education elsewhere and adapting them to the circumstances of East Alabama. The project will sustain its efforts by building the long-term capacity of the system to provide quality education in mathematics. At the school district level, new curriculum guides will be developed and textbooks selected, forming a foundation for achievement. The project will provide administrator training and support to help administrators develop a more supportive attitude toward mathematics. An emphasis on building internal capacity through teacher leaders will create a generation of leaders in mathematics education. Finally, the partnership of mathematicians and mathematics educators from Auburn University and Tuskegee University is expected to significantly alter their teacher education programs in order to produce the qualified and diverse teacher workforce for the future..