Building and Maintaining Strong K-16 Partnerships Across State, Regional and Local Levels
Hypothesis: Given support and flexibility by the leadership, PRISM partnerships will develop and utilize the dimensions listed below to create and support vehicles for achieving the goal of improving science and mathematics student learning.
Frequent and deliberate communication among partners
Shared vision and goals
Promoting common PRISM goals in addition to individual goals
Holding one another accountable for achieving the goals
Respecting the contributions of others
Changing state, regional and/or local policies and practices in science and mathematics to sustain PRISM
Resolving systemic funding problems that bridge K-12 and higher education to sustain PRISM
Redirecting resources toward solving these system funding problems at each level
Institutionalizing K-16 partnership(s)
