Results of MSU teacher-preparation study to be released at Washington news conference Contact: Tom Oswald, University Relations: (517) 432-0920, cell (517) 281-7129, oswald@msu.edu
Dec. 6, 2007
WHAT: The results of a cross-national study which looked at the level of preparedness of middle school mathematics teachers will be released. The Mathematics Teaching in the 21st Century (MT21) study compared teacher knowledge, preparation and beliefs in six countries, including the United States, which did not fare as well as U.S. education officials would have preferred. By examining how the six countries (Taiwan, South Korea, Bulgaria, Germany, Mexico and the United States) prepared their middle school mathematics teachers, MT21 studied a group of future teachers who have a central role in the preparation of future generations for an internationally driven and information-based economy. The work was funded by the National Science Foundation.
WHEN: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007
WHERE: The Zenger Room of the National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor, Washington, D.C.
WHO: William Schmidt, director, Michigan State University Education Policy Center
Wanda Ward, deputy assistant director, National Science Foundation
Richard Stephens, senior vice president, Human Resources and Administration, Boeing Co.
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