In order to facilitate the shift to Common Core State Standards curricula, a program called the University of Arkansas Engineering & Mathematics Partnership will provide curriculum workshops and evaluations for 6th-8th grade math teachers in the Northwest Arkansas area.
The program, which is funded by a $283,000 per year grant from the Arkansas Department of Education, will specifically target teachers who serve student populations with high levels of poverty or a large number of English language learners or teachers who work in schools designated by No Child Left Behind as “in need of improvement.” Fourteen middle and junior high public schools are participating, as well as one private school.