Deepening Everyone's Mathematics Content Knowledge: Mathematicians, Teachers, Parents, Students, & Community
In this MSP project, the University of Rochester partners with the Penfield and Rush-Henrietta School Districts as well as a consortium of twenty-three rural districts through the Genesee Valley Board of Cooperative Educational Services (GVBOCES) in an effort to develop effective ways to foster the mathematical content knowledge necessary for a successful implementation of reform mathematics curricula. The two suburban Rochester districts are in various stages of the adoption and implementation of curricula while the rural districts are in the early stages of a curricular reform process. Together, the districts in this partnership serve roughly 28,000 students. Other partners in this work are the Education Development Center, Horizon Research and WestEd.
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Beating the Odds: The Real Challenges Behind the Math Achievement Gap--And What High-Achieving Schools Can Teach Us About How to Close It
"One of the largest and most persistent inequities in the modern American education system is the gap in math achievement along income and race lines. [This report] argues that the...
Mathematical Literacy: What Does it Mean for School Mathematics?
This concise article will be useful for public engagement with key stakeholders when explaining (or defending) the need for progressive mathematics curriculum. It discusses the implication of the mandate...
Resources
K-12 Curriculum Implementation Center
This NSF-funded Center has a large variety of useful information and links regarding the adoption and implementation of new curricula.
TERC's Investigations in Number, Data and Space
Investigations in Number, Data, and Space is a comprehensive, K-5 mathematics curriculum whose goals are to: offer students meaningful mathematical problems; emphasize depth in mathematical thinking rather...
Higher Education Partners
School District Partners
- Penfield School District
- Rush-Henrietta School District
- Genesee Valley BOCES K-12 School District
