Background
This effort is part of the Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools (LeTUS), an
NSF-funded collaborative project including the Detroit and Chicago Public Schools, the
University of Michigan, and Northwestern University. The LeTUS effort partners universitybased
research and development organizations with the NSF-funded urban systemic reform
programs in the school districts. LeTUS creates inquiry curriculum supported by technology that
is aligned to national and local standards and provides professional development to help teachers
enact the curriculum materials.
The LeTUS mission is to form collaborations among the four participating organizations to
create capacity in the districts to succeed in their science reform programs. We feature new
learning technologies, but focus on a range of systemic issues that are needed for success:
curriculum design, development and enactment; teacher professional development; and creating
and sustaining policy and management structures that support reform. The work is highly
collaborative, with teachers, administrators, and researchers working together on the full range of
the Center’s activities. Curriculum materials are designed by collaborative teams and are revised
yearly based on teachers’ experiences in enactment and student outcome data. Teacher professional
development began as an effort led by university researchers, but increasingly has
INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE IN MIDDLE GRADES: LEARNING IN URBAN SYSTEMIC REFORM 1065
become an effort jointly constructed by teachers and researchers and largely conducted by
teachers. The work reported in this article is based on the University of Michigan/Detroit Public
Schools collaboration.
BackgroundThis effort is part of the Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools (LeTUS), anNSF-funded collaborative project including the Detroit and Chicago Public Schools, theUniversity of Michigan, and Northwestern University. The LeTUS effort partners universitybasedresearch and development organizations with the NSF-funded urban systemic reformprograms in the school districts. LeTUS creates inquiry curriculum supported by technology thatis aligned to national and local standards and provides professional development to help teachersenact the curriculum materials.The LeTUS mission is to form collaborations among the four participating organizations tocreate capacity in the districts to succeed in their science reform programs. We feature newlearning technologies, but focus on a range of systemic issues that are needed for success:curriculum design, development and enactment; teacher professional development; and creatingand sustaining policy and management structures that support reform. The work is highlycollaborative, with teachers, administrators, and researchers working together on the full range ofthe Center’s activities. Curriculum materials are designed by collaborative teams and are revisedyearly based on teachers’ experiences in enactment and student outcome data. Teacher professionaldevelopment began as an effort led by university researchers, but increasingly hasINQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE IN MIDDLE GRADES: LEARNING IN URBAN SYSTEMIC REFORM 1065become an effort jointly constructed by teachers and researchers and largely conducted byteachers. The work reported in this article is based on the University of Michigan/Detroit PublicSchools collaboration.
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