The Regional Alliance is pleased to announce that Escuela de la Comunidad San Martin in Puerto Rico is participating in the Alliance School study group initiative. They join five other schools that are exploring the professional development possibilities of faculty study groups. For at least two hours every week, groups at each school are getting together to research and practice new methods for meeting student learning goals. Topics include communication in math and science; increasing students’ abilities to analyze and interpret data; implementing inquiry-based science; assessment within the science curriculum; mathematical problem-solving; and promoting student investigations.

The five other Alliance Schools participating in the initiative are Gallagher Middle School (Smithfield, Rhode Island); Harvard Elementary School (Harvard, Massachusetts); Main Street Middle School (Montpelier, Vermont); Sandwich High School (Sandwich, Massachusetts); and Warring Magnet Academy of Science and Technology (Poughkeepsie, New York).