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Math and Science Partnership Program
September 2002
The Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program is envisioned
as a five-year national effort to unite the activities
of higher education institutions, K-12 school systems
and other partners in support of K-12 students and
teachers. The program is part of President Bush's
No Child Left Behind plan to strengthen and
reform K-12 education. In fiscal year 2003, the president's
MSP budget request amounts to $200 million for the
National Science Foundation and $12.5 million for
the Department of Education.
Key Features: MSP projects
seek to raise the achievement of K-12 students in
mathematics and science by:
- Stimulating partnerships among K-12 teachers and
administrators, and higher education mathematics,
science and engineering faculty, and administrators;
- Ensuring that K-12 students are prepared for,
have access to, and are encouraged to participate
and succeed in, challenging mathematics and science
courses and curricula;
- Increasing the number, quality and diversity of
K-12 teachers of mathematics and science;
- Making evidence-based contributions to the MSP
Learning Network and the learning and teaching
knowledge base so research findings and successful
strategies can be broadly disseminated to improve
educational practice; and
- Stimulating well-documented, inclusive and coordinated
institutional change in both colleges and universities,
and in local school districts to support improved
student outcomes in mathematics and science.
Project Types in Fiscal Year 2003:
In 2003 the MSP program will support the following
project types: comprehensive and targeted; MSP Learning
Network; and, currently under development, teacher
institutes. Comprehensive awards will be funded for
five years and for up to $7 million annually. Targeted
awards will be directed toward specific issues in
science or mathematics education, and will be funded
for up to $2.5 million per year for up to five years.
The fiscal year 2003 MSP solicitation for comprehensive
and targeted projects was released on September 30,
2002.
Program Characteristics:
Mathematicians, scientists and engineers, particularly
those who are faculty members in higher education
organizations, play substantial roles in MSP projects.
Their involvement in these projects distinguishes
the MSP program from other efforts to improve K-12
student achievement in mathematics and science.
See also:
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