A Collaborative Mathematics Institute for Urban High School Teachers and At-Risk Gifted Students

东北伊利诺伊大学将为芝加哥公立学校系统的24名中学教师开展一个为期两年的项目。该项目特别关注少数人，包括参与者在奥罗拉著名的伊利诺伊州数学和科学学院使用临床形式与30名有天赋和有风险的芝加哥九年级学生一起工作。需要加强的数学学科领域将包括组合数学及其在概率、数学建模和几何三维建模中的应用。教学部分以模式识别、解决问题和使用技术为特色。在职部分将由三名总统奖获得者领导；东北伊利诺伊大学、伊利诺伊州数学和科学学院和芝加哥公立学校的捐款相当于国家科学基金会申请的20%。

Northeastern Illinois University will conduct a two-year program for twenty-four secondary teachers in the Chicago Public School system. The project has a special minority focus that includes participants working with thirty gifted and at-risk ninth grade Chicago students using a clinical format at the well known Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora. Mathematics subject areas for enhancement will include combinatorics with applications in probability, mathematical modeling, and geometry with three-dimensional modeling. The pedagogical component features pattern recognition, problem solving, and the use of technology. The in-service component will be led by three Presidential Awardees; Northeastern Illinois University, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, and the Chicago Public Schools have contributed an amount equal to 20% of the National Science Foundation request.