Changing the calculus

Wright State wins $700,000 grant to help high school teachers earn credentials to teach college courses

February 2, 2016

The $702,820 state grant is part of $10 million in funding allocated by the Ohio General Assembly as part of the Straight A Fund that will enable Wright State University to help high school teachers qualify to teach college courses in high school. It will create nearly $500,000 in scholarships for the teachers — in which Wright State will add $162,000 — to reach a goal of 60 teachers completing their credentials.

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics has designed a Certificate Program to assist high school teachers in obtaining the credentials needed to teach dual credit courses. The