Grant to Strengthen K-4 Math Instruction in Tennessee
Tennessee State University and ETS to Partner on Project

Tennessee State University (TSU) and ETS have been awarded funding for the first year of a five-year project to work with Historically Black Colleges, including LeMoyne-Owen College, and Universities (HBCUs) in Tennessee to improve elementary school teaching and learning of mathematics. The goal of this project is to develop educational models that will not only help improve math proficiency in Tennessee’s elementary schools, but potentially across the nation. (Read More)

LeMoyne-Owen College was selected along with its partner school, Cummings Elementary, to participate in this project, which is in the second year of implementation.  The major focus is on professional development, leadership development, ongoing assessment of students through the ETS Math Challenges, and establishing professional learning community processes in the partner school.