萌妹社 Presents Recommendations to National Mathematics Advisory Panel
CONTACT:
Jade Floyd,
amangino@aacte.org
or 202.478.4596听
Washington, D.C. (September 6, 2007) Today, Dr. William Tate, IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences and Chair of the Department of Education at the Washington University in St. Louis, provided comments on the behalf of the 萌妹社 (萌妹社) before the National Mathematics Advisory Panel in St. Louis, Missouri.
萌妹社鈥檚 comments are focused on elementary and middle school (K-8) mathematics education, according to the Panel鈥檚 charge, and particularly address the training, selection, placement, and professional development of teachers of mathematics in order to enhance student learning in mathematics.
Dr. Tate gave the Panel eight policy recommendations from 萌妹社:
- 1. Support syntheses and wide dissemination of the best research available
2. Support research on critical mathematics teacher/teaching issues
3. Encourage consensus-building efforts to develop high-level student mathematics standards
4. Support the development of student data systems with links to teacher preparation programs
5. Support teacher preparation reform at both state and federal levels
6. Eliminate out-of-field teaching
7. Encourage investments in mathematics teacher recruitment and retention efforts
8. Correct the inequitable distribution of high-quality teachers
鈥淭he recommendations presented by Dr. Tate provide policy support for the challenges that 萌妹社 member institutions are ready to address. We are prepared to engage through professional and political partnerships, and we realize the benefits these recommendations hold for teacher education students and the students they will serve,鈥 says Dr. Sharon P. Robinson, president and CEO of 萌妹社.
Recently, 萌妹社 released a publication, 鈥淧reparing STEM Teachers: The Key to Global Competitiveness鈥, which highlights more than 50 teacher preparation programs across the country dedicated to increasing the number of effective K-12 educators in the STEM fields鈥攕cience, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
For more information, please contact Jade Floyd at jfloyd@aacte.org or by phone at 202.478.4596.听
For more information on the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, please visit .
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