The Focus on Mathematics project seeks to increase student achievement and teacher quality by accomplishing the following:
- Offering teachers solid, content-based professional development
- Providing students with rigorous courses and curricula
- Establishing a mathematical community in which mathematicians and pre-college educators work together to improve mathematics education in grades 5 through 12
Focus on Mathematics is a project of the National Science Foundation’s Targeted Math and Science Partnership.
EDC Project Director: Wayne Harvey
Duration: 2003–2012
Website: http://www.focusonmath.org/
Funder: National Science Foundation
Partners: The school systems of Arlington, Chelsea, Lawrence, Waltham, and Watertown; Boston University; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Lesley University
(EDC is a subcontractor on this project to Boston University.)