from the Detroit Free Press
Michigan will receive a $16.7-million grant jointly from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, it was announced today.
The grants will provide mentoring and training for 240 math and science teachers. The teachers will agree to spend their first five years of teaching in high need areas such as urban school districts.
Six Michigan universities will be selected to provide the training. The selected universities will be asked to change their college of education techniques to include collaboration with math and science departments.
The universities also will be asked to provide a greater amount of classroom experiences as part of the teaching and mentoring for the students when they begin teaching. An independent study will be done at the end of the five-year grant period to determine the effectiveness of the new programs.
“The states that have the best economies are the states that have the highest numbers of college graduates,” said Gov. Jennifer Granholm. “We want to keep people here, young mathematicians and scientists, to teach Michigan kids.” Future engineers are needed to pursue automotive degrees and bring the state back to the forefront of the industry.
The grants will provide mentoring and training for 240 math and science teachers. The teachers will agree to spend their first five years of teaching in high need areas such as urban school districts.
Six Michigan universities will be selected to provide the training. The selected universities will be asked to change their college of education techniques to include collaboration with math and science departments.
The universities also will be asked to provide a greater amount of classroom experiences as part of the teaching and mentoring for the students when they begin teaching. An independent study will be done at the end of the five-year grant period to determine the effectiveness of the new programs.
“The states that have the best economies are the states that have the highest numbers of college graduates,” said Gov. Jennifer Granholm. “We want to keep people here, young mathematicians and scientists, to teach Michigan kids.” Future engineers are needed to pursue automotive degrees and bring the state back to the forefront of the industry.
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