Increasing Student Access to Qualified Science and Mathematics Teachers Through an Urban School-University Partnership

Urban schools across the United States face a pervasive problem in their science and mathematics programs — a disproportionate number of the teachers in these classrooms are not certified, thus making them underqualified to teach these subject areas. Furthermore, urban schools deal with teacher shor...

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Published in:School science and mathematics 2005-11, Vol.105 (7), p.363-372
Main Authors: Cavallo, Ann M. L., Ferreira, Maria M., Roberts, Sally K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to education
Alternative Teacher Certification
Beginning Teachers
Career Change
College School Cooperation
Educational partnerships
Faculty Mobility
Mathematical analysis
Mathematics
Mathematics Achievement
Mathematics Education
Mathematics Teachers
Michigan
Outcomes of Education
Partnerships in Education
Professional development
Quality of education
Schools
Science Education
Science Teachers
Secondary School Students
Standardized Tests
Teacher Certification
Teacher Education
Teacher Qualifications
Teacher Recruitment
Teacher Shortage
Teachers
Urban Schools
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Summary:Urban schools across the United States face a pervasive problem in their science and mathematics programs — a disproportionate number of the teachers in these classrooms are not certified, thus making them underqualified to teach these subject areas. Furthermore, urban schools deal with teacher shortages and attrition in these critical areas. The situation was found to be particularly severe in the Detroit Public School District. In response, Wayne State University and Detroit Public Schools embarked on a school‐university partnership program to prepare teachers in science and mathematics through an alternative pathway to teacher certification program. This partnership program has proven to be successful in recruiting, preparing, and retaining a significant number of qualified minority science and mathematics teachers to serve the students in Detroit schools.
ISSN:0036-6803
1949-8594
DOI:10.1111/j.1949-8594.2005.tb18055.x