TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (continued) Since 2000, at district campuses sponsored by the TI Foundation:
• The number of students achieving qualifying scores on AP math and science exams has increased 153 percent.
• The number of African-American and Hispanic students achieving qualifying scores on AP math and science exams has increased 203 percent (from 152 to 460).
• Additionally, 1,516 students received qualifying scores in math, science and English AP exams in 2009, up from 157 students when the program began in 1995 (a 866 percent increase).
Infi nity Project
Created by TI and Southern Methodist University’s (SMU) School of Engineering in 1999 with continued support from the TI Foundation, the Infi nity Project was among the fi rst in the country to help school districts incorporate state-of-the art engineering and advanced technology into the high school classroom. It makes math and science more relevant by incorporating real-world applications, such as MP3 players and digital cameras. At the end of 2009, more than 400 middle schools, high schools and colleges in 38 states and the District of Columbia used Infi nity Project curricula, reaching nearly 8,000 students.
Teacher Effectiveness The TI Foundation, which supports a number of initiatives to promote effective teaching, awarded $3 million in grants in 2009 to two new organizations:
UTeach
$1.5 million for existing UTeach programs at the University of North Texas and the University of Texas at Dallas and to the National Math & Science Initiative to create a new program at the University of Texas at Arlington to prepare college undergraduates to become secondary math and science teachers. UTeach has doubled the number of mathematics and science majors being certifi ed at The University of Texas at Austin alone. As a result, its program is being replicated throughout the country.
Laying the Foundation®
$1.5 million for training teachers in ten middle and junior high schools in the Dallas, Garland, and Richardson (Texas) school districts to improve their strategies for teaching pre-AP-level coursework in 2009. The grant also provides fi nancial incentives of about $4,500 per STEM teacher to encourage their continuation of teaching-related coursework.
Innovations in STEM Teaching Awards The TI Foundation continued giving the Innovations in STEM Teaching Awards in 2009 as part of a $300,000, three-year commitment begun in 2007. The awards recognize instructors at the secondary level who enhance student achievement and increase interest in high school classrooms in the Dallas, Plano and Richardson Independent School Districts.
Each principal-nominated honoree received a $10,000 award ($5,000 cash and $5,000 for education technology and/or professional development). Since the program began, 30 teachers have been inducted as “Fellows” into the TI Foundation STEM Teaching Academy which offers a unique professional development experience including an up-close look at the future of technology, access to TI business leaders, and the opportunity to share ideas and STEM teaching best-practices.
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