Michigan State University Receives $1 Million for Math Education Study
Michigan State University Receives $1 Million for Math Education Study
Michigan State University has announced a grant of $1 million from the GE Foundation to expand research on the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.
Issued in 2010 and subsequently adopted by forty-six states, the Common Core Standards are meant to define the knowledge and skills students should acquire during their K-12 careers. To be led by William Schmidt, University Distinguished Professor in the College of Education, the new research will provide states, districts, and teachers with the tools needed to successfully implement the standards. To that end, Schmidt and his team will continue their research on the development of a virtual system for textbook analysis; follow-up with new teachers who participated in the TEDS-M project; survey district personnel, teachers, and parents; and continue to study states' implementation of the standards.
Known for his research on math instruction, Schmidt and his team previously surveyed district curriculum directors, parents, and students in states that had adopted the Common Core and found three potential obstacles to successful implementation of the standards: textbooks, teachers, and school leadership.
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