Collaborative Begins Partnership with Chicago Public Schools

The Collaborative is partnering with the Chicago Public Schools Department of Math and Science to improve pre-k through fifth grade math education at a district-wide scale.

Through the partnership, the Collaborative will provide training to 50 pre-k through fifth grade network math facilitators, focusing on increasing their knowledge and understanding of math content. Those same facilitators will then be trained to work with approximately 1,000 selected teacher leaders across district elementary schools to improve their mathematical competencies and achieve the content and practice standards of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics.

This is the only partnership in CPS that focuses on pre-k through fifth grade math. Math in the earliest grades is often forgotten, but it is incredibly important to building a foundation for later learning. – Jeanine Brownell, assistant director of programing

Supported by the CME Group Foundation, the trainings mark the first phase of an initiative designed to improve early math education throughout the district.