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Program Requirements |
"No Child Left Behind"
Math/Science Partnership Program |
National Science Foundation
Math/Science Partnership |
|
Summary |
Designed to provide the needed assistance to local school
districts to improve math/science teaching and student achievement |
Designed to develop and distribute innovative materials and
practices to increase the capacity of state and local educators and
improve math/science achievement |
| FY 2002
Funding |
- Authorization: $450 million
- Appropriation: $12.5 million
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- Not authorized
- Appropriation: $160 million
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Proposed FY 2003 Funding |
$12.5 million |
$200 million |
| Funding
mechanism |
- Under $100 million: Competitive grant
- Over $100 million: Formula to all states
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Competitive Grant |
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Eligibility |
All states and local school districts in the state when
distributed by formula, by application to the Secretary otherwise |
State and local school districts that successfully apply as
partners to NSF |
| Partnerships |
Mandatory partners:
- Local School District(s)
- College/university math, engineering, or science department
- State education agency
Optional: Businesses, business trade associations, &
nonprofits |
Mandatory partners:
- Any local or regional school district
- Any higher education institution
- College/University math, science, engineering department
- Optional: businesses, business associations, & nonprofits.
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Requirements |
Partnership must perform a needs assessment for teacher quality,
curriculum, instructional materials, etc., to ensure that resources
are directed to meet the needs of the school districts |
- Needs assessment
- Assessment of current curriculum
- College/University capability, history of k-12 involvement
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Permissible activities |
Flexible – based on the assessment and identified needs of the
local school district to maximize their impact |
Activities are prescribed by NSF, must include capacity to
introduce/sustain comprehensive math/science education reforms, or
targeted elements of math and science needs. |
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