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high expectations and strong support for all students." Funded by the National Science Foundation and based at TERC in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Weaving Gender Equity into Math Reform seeks to assist staff developers, curriculum writers, and workshop leaders in expanding the equity content of their workshops, videos, and written materials for teachers. Our project is investigating the specific question of gender equity in math reform, as well as the larger equity issues that these reforms pose for students from various academic, socio-economic, and linguistic backgrounds. TERC's partner for the project is the National Coalition for Equity in Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The collaborating organizations are the NSF-funded elementary mathematics curricula. Also included are two NSF-funded teacher development projects. Each of these groups uses as its foundation the recommendations laid out by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' 1989 Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics . As part of our continuing work with the various curricula and research on equity in education, we have published articles in various magazines, journals, and web sites. We have also created an equity resource guide to support teachers, administrators, and other individuals and groups concerned with equity in mathematics education. This page also links to professional development workshops on equity in mathematics education that we have authored. These workshops may be of particular interest to staff developers and equity specialists. There are numerous other organizations concerned with equity in education. Visit their websites to find out more about the work they do. This web site also provides a listing of equity conferences throughout the United States.
If you would like further information, please contact us.
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