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NSF PR 03-112 - October 2, 2003

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NSF Directs $216.3M Toward Math, Science Education Improvement

ARLINGTON, Va.—The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced the award of $216.3 million in funding for the second year of its innovative Math and Science Partnerships (MSP) to improve mathematics and science education in United States and Puerto Rico schools.

Math and Science Partnerships grants unite elementary and secondary teachers and administrators with collegiate science, technology, engineering and mathematics faculty and representatives from stakeholder institutions. The partnerships focus on enhancing the quality, quantity and diversity of science and mathematics teachers, raising student achievement and offering challenging curricula at all grade levels.

"The Math and Science Partnerships are about reinvigorating mathematics and science instruction and strengthening curriculum across the United States," said Dr. Judith A. Ramaley, who leads NSF's Directorate for Education and Human Resources. "These awards are an investment in the talent pool of the nation's future scientists, engineers and mathematicians."

The awards will directly impact at least 2.85 million students nationwide and in Puerto Rico who learn in urban, rural, suburban and tribal nation schools.

This year's MSP funding comes in four forms: comprehensive awards, targeted awards; research, evaluation and technical assistance awards, and a Prototype Institute Partnership award.

The comprehensive awards specifically marry institutions of higher education and stakeholder organizations with elementary and secondary schools to continuously improve student achievement from the earliest grades through 12th grade.

Targeted awards are provided to improve achievement in a specific grade range or disciplinary emphasis in mathematics or the sciences.

Research, evaluation and technical assistance awards are for a broad range of research and development efforts that support the work of the partnerships, including assessment of teacher knowledge of mathematics and science.

This year's single Prototype Institute Partnership award places emphasis on improving middle and high school mathematics by emphasizing the development of school-based intellectual leaders and master teachers.

This year's MSP participants are listed on the tables below.

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Attachment: Tables of FY 2003 Math and Science Partnerships Awards

Web resources:
NSF's Math and Science Partnerships: https://www.ehr.nsf.gov/msp/

NSF's 2003 Press Releases for Inaugural MSP Awards:
Education Reform: http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/education/
No Child Left Behind: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/nochild-left-behind.html

NSF's Directorate for Education and Human Resources, under the leadership of Dr. Judith A. Ramaley, guides the nation's research based education programs and initiatives at the elementary through high school, undergraduate and graduate levels to foster academic and professional pursuits in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The directorate's 2003 funding by Congress was $903.17 million.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering, with an annual budget of nearly $5.3 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 universities and institutions. Each year, NSF receives about 30,000 competitive requests for funding, and makes about 10,000 new funding awards. The NSF also awards over $200 million in professional and service contracts yearly.

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Tables of FY 2003 Math and Science Partnerships Awards

Table 1 - MSP Comprehensive Awards - FY 2003

Award #

PI

Lead Partner

Other Partner Institutions

Primary Focus

# K-12 Students

Total
Budget

0314914

Bunt, Nancy R.

Allegheny Intermediate Unit

IHE Partners: Carlow College, Chatham College, Robert Morris University, and Saint Vincent College; K-12 Partners: Intermediate Unit 1, Intermediate Unit 7, and subunits of Intermediate Units 4 & 28

K-12 Math and Science

134,000

$18.2M

0314953

KettlewellJan

University System of Georgia

IHE Partners: Univ of Georgia, Georgia Perimeter College, Georgia State Univ, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Southern Univ, Armstrong Atlantic State Univ, Coastal Georgia Community College, Savannah State Univ; K-12 Partners: Atlanta, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Clarke, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Jackson, Liberty, Oconee, and Screven County School Districts; State Partners: Georgia Dept of Education and Education Coordinating Council

K-12 Math and Science

170,000

$34.6M

0314866

Ferrini-Mundy, Joan

Michigan State University

K- 12 Partners: Ingham Intermediate School District, MI; Calhoun Intermediate School District, MI; St. Clair County Intermediate School District, MI; High AIMS Consortium, Cincinnati, OH; SMART Consortium, Cleveland, OH

K-12 Math and Science

400,000

$35.0M

0314557

Arce, Josefina

University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras

IHE Partners: Univ. of Puerto Rico campuses at Mayagüez, Cayey, and Humacao; Commonwealth Partner: the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE); K-12 Partner: the single island-wide K-12 public school system.

K-12 Math and Science

305,000

$34.9M

0314898

Huinker, DeAnn M.

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

IHE Partner: Milwaukee Area Technical College; K-12 Partner: Milwaukee Public Schools

K-12 Math

100,000

$19.9M

 

Table 2 - MSP Targeted Awards - FY 2003

Award Number

PI

Lead Partner

Other Partner Institutions

Primary Focus

# K-12 Students

Total Budget

0314959

Martin, Gary W.

Auburn University

IHE Partner: Tuskegee University; K-12 Partners: 12 school districts in East Alabama; Other Partners: East Alabama Regional In-service Center, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama, ACCLAIM

K-8 Core Math Curriculum plus Algebra I and Geometry

56,000

$9.0M

0314692

Stevens, Glenn H.

Boston University

K-12 Partners:Arlington, Chelsea, Lawrence, Waltham, and Watertown, MA Public Schools; Other Partners: Education Development Center

Grades

5-12 Math

19,440

$9.6M

0314910

Burghardt, David M.

Hofstra University

IHE Partners:SUNY at Stony Brook; State Partner: New York State Education Department; K-12 Partners: Long Island, NY School Districts of Amityville Union Free, Brentwood Union Free, Freeport Central, Hempstead Union Free, Longwood Central, Riverhead Central, Uniondale Union Free, Westbury Union Free, William Floyd Central, and Wyandanch Union Free

Middle School Math

12,000

$11.5M

0314806

Merlino, F. Joseph

LaSalle University

IHE Partners: Arcadia University, Lincoln Univ., Muhlenberg Univ., Villanova Univ., West Chester Univ., Widener Univ., Bryn Mawr College, Cedar Crest College, Haverford College, Moravian College; and Lehigh Carbon County CC and Northampton CC; K-12 Partners: 32 Pennsylvania, and 14 New Jersey School Districts

Grades 6-12 Math and Science

117,000

$12.5M

0314774

Parravano, Carlo

Merck Institute for Science Education

IHE Partners: Keane Univ; K-12 Partners: Elizabeth, Hillside, Linden, and Rahway, NJ Public Schools; and Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Grades 6-8 Math and Science

17,500

$7.0M

0315041

McMullin, Kurt M.

Palo Alto Unified School District

IHE Partner: San Jose State University

K-8 Science

26,000

$6.7M

0315060

Nelson, George D.

Western Washington University

IHE Partners: Everett CC, Northwest Indian Col, Skagit Valley Col, Whatcom CC; K-12 Partners: Anacortes, Bainbridge Island, Bellingham, Blaine, Bremerton,

Brennen, Burlington-Edison, Chimacum, Concrete, Crescent, Ferndale, La Conner, Lynden, Meridian, Mount Baker, Mount Vernon, Nooksack Valley, North Mason, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Queets-Clearwater, Quilcene, Quillayute Valley, Sedro-Woolley, and Sequim School Districts and the Lummi Tribal School

Grades 3-10 Science

72,000

$11.9M

 

Table 3 - MSP Prototype Institute Partnership Award - FY 2003

Award Number

PI

Lead Partner

Other Partner Institutions

Primary Focus

Total Budget

0314808

Griffiths, Phillip

Institute For Advance Study

IHE Partners: University of Cincinnati, Southwest Texas State University, University of Texas-Pan American, and University of Washington; K-12 Partners: Cincinnati, Ohio; McAllen, Texas; and Seattle, Washington school districts

Middle and High School Mathematics

$5.5M

 

Table 4 - MSP Research, Evaluation and Technical Assistance Awards - FY 2003

Award Number

PI

Lead Partner

Project Focus

Key Feature/MSP Learning Network Contribution

Total

Budget

0335384

Nelson, Barbara S.

Educational Development Center

Principal leadership in the math content areas and the relationship between this knowledge and student and teacher learning

Teacher retention; Challenging courses and curricula; Sustainability of change

$4.9M

0335360

Kleinman, Glenn M.

Education Development Center

Design study: Use of information and communications technologies to enhance both preservice education and inservice professional development programs within the MSPs

Teacher quality, quantity and diversity

$255K

0335328

Smith, Patrick S.

Horizon Research, Inc.

Assessment of teachers' and students' knowledge of science and the relationships between teacher and student knowledge

Teacher quality, quantity and diversity; Evidence-based design and outcomes

$2.7M

0335334

Falk, Joni

TERC, Inc.

MSPNet - Electronic community for MSP projects

Evidence-based design and outcomes

$5.1M

0335369

Maehr, Martin L.

University of Michigan

Assessment of student motivation

Challenging courses and curricula; Evidence-based design and outcomes

$1.9M

0335411

Hill, Heather C.

University of Michigan

Assessment of teachers' mathematical knowledge and its implications for teaching practice

Teacher quality, quantity and diversity; Challenging courses and curricula

$4.2M

0335429

Spillane, James

Northwestern University

Design study: Teacher leadership in the content areas

Challenging courses and curricula

$268K

0335442

Britton, Edward D.

WestEd

Secondary school teacher induction, including a longitudinal study

Teacher quality and retention; Evidence-based design and outcomes

$2.1M

0332223

Jones, Lee

The College Board

Design study: Planning effort for change in the biology AP program

Challenging courses and curricula

$249K

0237653

Elliott, Stuart

National Academy of Sciences

Framework for science assessment

Challenging courses and curricula

$1.8M

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