Rutgers, CUNY and Penn officials launch "MetroMath" center Nov. 24; Newark and Plainfield children to speak

WHAT:	Launch of "MetroMath: The Center for Mathematics in America's Cities," a joint project focused on improving mathematics instruction in urban schools
WHO:	President Richard L. McCormick, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey President Frances Degen Horowitz, City University of New York/Graduate Center Dean Susan H. Fuhrman, Graduate School of Education, Univ. of Pennsylvania N.J. Commissioner of Education William L. Librera Children from Newark and Plainfield, N.J. schools MetroMath participants from Rutgers-New Brunswick, Rutgers-Newark CUNY/Graduate Center and the University of Pennsylvania Joseph G. Rosenstein, principal investigator, MetroMath
WHEN:	Monday, Nov. 24, 4-6 p.m.
WHERE:	Winants Hall, 7 College Ave., New Brunswick

BACKGROUND: The MetroMath Center unites three major urban universities, Rutgers-New Brunswick and Rutgers-Newark; The City University of New York (CUNY)/Graduate Center; and the University of Pennsylvania, with the school districts of New York City, Philadelphia, Newark, and Plainfield, N.J. The multidisciplinary partnership includes a diverse academic faculty with specialties in mathematics, mathematics education, cognitive science, psychology, educational policy, urban studies and urban education. Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, the center will focus on improving urban students' understanding of mathematics by:

providing urban teachers with successful instructional strategies
developing leadership for implementing appropriate improvements,
enlisting the participation of the communities in which they will work, and
developing a research-based framework for successful mathematics education in America's cities.

For information about the center, call Joyce Leslie, executive director, 732-445-4065. Contact: Patricia Lamiell
732/ 932-7084 ext. 615
Email: plamiell@ur.rutgers.edu