The Mathematics and Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia (MSPGP) focuses on improving secondary mathematics and science, grades 6-12. In an effort to build the required linkages that address issues such as bringing strong local successes to scale and preventing program erosion over time, the MSPGP brings together as core partners 46 school districts and 13 institutions of higher education in eight Pennsylvania and four New Jersey counties in the region outside of Philadelphia. The MSPGP model includes a "Core Connector" organizational structure that provides a way to facilitate and grow partnerships between grades 6-12 teachers and administrators and faculty from higher educational institutions. To assess the progress of mathematics and science programs and college/university preservice programs, the MSPGP uses five-stage "On the Road to Reform" rubrics and customizes project activities to each circumstance depending on where any particular partner is on the journey.
The Principal Investigator of MSPGP is F. Joseph Merlino.
More information can be
found on a separate web site created by this project: http:// www.mspgp.org.
This site was created to enhance communication and collaboration
between partners within the MSPGP
project as well as to inform the public of the efforts of the Math
and Science Partnership Program. While selected documents in the
library and resources sections have been made available
to the public, only logged in members of the
MSPGP project can post comments,
participate or read posts in the Working Groups, or see the interactive
Calendar.
