The following applicant has been preliminarily selected to receive a grant for the Texas Statewide MSP Professional Development Network Grant Program.
Contacts:	Vickie Logan (Funding) Discretionary Grants (512) 463-9269 vickie.logan@tea.state.tx.us	Anne Vexler State Initiatives (512) 936-6060 anne.vexler@tea.state.tx.us
The purpose of this grant program is to improve the academic achievement of students in the areas of mathematics and science by encouraging state educational agencies, IHEs, local educational agencies, elementary schools, and secondary schools to participate in programs that: 1) improve and upgrade the teaching of mathematics and science by encouraging IHEs to assume greater responsibility for improving mathematics and science teacher education through the establishment of a comprehensive, integrated system of recruiting, training, and advising; 2) focus on mathematics and science teacher’s education as a career-long process that continuously stimulates intellectual growth and upgrades knowledge and skills; 3) bring mathematics and science teachers in elementary and secondary schools together with scientists, mathematicians, and engineers to increase their subject matter knowledge and improve their teaching skills through the use of sophisticated laboratory equipment and work space, computing facilities, libraries, and other resources that IHEs are better able to provide; 4) develop more rigorous mathematics and science curricula that are aligned with challenging state and local academic content standards and with the standards expected for postsecondary study in engineering, mathematics, and science; and 5) improve and expand training of mathematics and science teachers, including training such teachers in the effective integration of technology into curricula and instruction.
Grant Period:	July 1, 2010 – August 31, 2012

List of Awardees:

University of Texas at Austin

Last Updated July 23, 2010