Project Profile: "New Jersey MSP"

Project Members:
William Firestone ( PI )
Janet Caldwell ( Co-PI, Math Higher Ed )
Deborah Cook ( Project Director )
Marc Beebe ( Evaluator, Lead Teacher/Teacher Professional Developer )
Mary Egan ( Evaluator, Invited Participant )
Sandra Ham ( Evaluator )
Kathleen Haynie ( Evaluator )
Alan Simon ( Evaluator )
Rebecca Swann ( Evaluator )
R. Michael Beals ( Math Higher Ed )
Karen Heinz ( Math Higher Ed )
Eric Milou ( Math Higher Ed )
John O'Brien ( Math Higher Ed, Lead Teacher/Teacher Professional Developer )
William Cardone ( K-12 Administrator )
Betty Cox ( K-12 Administrator, Invited Participant )
Sheryl Klein ( K-12 Administrator )
Donna Nedohon ( K-12 Administrator )
Ronald Sirianni ( K-12 Administrator )
Jennifer V. Jones ( Lead Teacher/Teacher Professional Developer, Invited Participant )
Alexis Kopperman ( Advisory Board Member, Project Support Staff )
Dan Jazwinski ( Project Support Staff )
Hector Lopez ( Project Support Staff )
Ellen Rothschild ( Project Support Staff )
Bill Smith ( Project Support Staff )
Amari Verastegui ( Project Support Staff )
Jill Perry ( Invited Participant )
Trish Rokosz ( Invited Participant )
Sharon J. Sherman ( Invited Participant )
Alice Alston
Emily Dann
Rosanne Regan Hansel
Susanne Harnett
Terri Hawkes
Marlena Herman
Richard Kaplan
Larry Leverett

Award #:

0226989

Award Group:

Comprehensive Partnership

State:

Principal Investigator:

William Firestone

Contacts:

Marc Beebe, William Firestone, Terri Hawkes

Grade Levels:

Elementary, Middle school, High school

Project Focus:

Math, Science

The New Jersey Math and Science Partnership (NJ-MSP) unites Rutgers, Rowan and Kean Universities with twelve school districts. Eight of the districts were among thirty plaintiffs in New Jersey's 20-year-long Abbott vs. Burke litigation, and have recently benefited from remedies ordered by the state Supreme Court. The twelve districts that come together within NJ-MSP are characterized as small- and medium-sized urban districts with poor, high-minority and low achieving student populations. The partners' schools enroll over 75,000 students of whom 27% are African American and 31% are Hispanic.

The goals of NJ-MSP are to:

Increase achievement and reduce achievement gaps in science and mathematics for all preK-12 students in partner school districts by
1. working to develop and implement strategic plans for each district;
2. working to develop internal leadership structures and practices to carry out the strategic plans; and
3. providing well-designed, continuing professional development.
Increase and sustain the number, quality and diversity of preK-12 teachers of mathematics and science in partner school districts by
1. providing potential teachers with experiences that will help them see teaching as an attractive career;
2. improving preservice teachers' content knowledge by reshaping university math and science courses; and
3. carrying out induction programs for new middle and high school teachers.
Document outcomes by
1. analyzing changes in student achievement and
2. documenting project activities.

07/31/06

Teaching Mathematics and Science to English Language Learners: The Experience of Four New Jersey Elementary Schools

07/31/06

Early Childhood Education Professional Development Component Study

07/18/06

Districts, Teacher Leaders, and Distributed Leadership: Changing Institutional Practice

06/14/05

Leadership Alignment: The Challenge of Distributed Leadership

02/10/04

NSF Strategic Planning Presentation

01/19/04

Rowan University Receives $2.5 Million for Math, Science Education Reform

01/19/04

Rutgers lead partner in $12.3m NSF math and science education grant

01/19/04

NSF Funds NJ Math Science Partnership