Thursday, November 12, 2009

Faculty works to better SCUSD middle schools - News




Faculty works to better SCUSD middle schools - News:

"Four Sacramento State faculty members have teamed together to work with the Sacramento City Unified School District to improve middle school teaching in science, mathematics and English.

Their professional development project is funded by a four-year Improving Teacher Quality grant, recently awarded by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. The $986,120 grant is part of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Led by Pia Wong, professor of bilingual and multicultural education, the project will focus on improving teaching skills and boosting student achievement.

The other faculty members involved are Scott Farrand, professor of mathematics, Judi Kusnick, professor of geology and Debbie Stetson, project director for the CSUS Mathematics Project."