By DANIEL ALTMAN
Indiana Department of Education
The Indiana Department of Education has announced the recipients of the 2015 math science Partnership grants. Math science Partnership grants provide funds for sustained, intensive and classroom focused professional development for educators aligned with state and local standards and mathematics and science curricula.
Warsaw Community Schools, partnered with Ball State University, is one recipient of this grant in the amount of $641,000.
“Professional development opportunities are essential to providing high quality instruction to Hoosier students,” said Glenda Ritz, Indiana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction. “That is why I am excited to announce the 2015 Math Science Partnership grants, which provide funding to eligible schools and corporations for the purpose of ensuring high quality professional development in the areas of science and mathematics instruction.”
The Math Science Partnership Program encourages collaboration between institutions of higher education, local school corporations, and elementary and secondary schools to develop learning activities and increase the subject matter knowledge of mathematics and science educators in Hoosier classrooms. These grants are federally funded.