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       TDenver Public Schools
           (DPS)
    Teacher Education Department (TED)
       Liberal Arts School (LAS)
           at MSCD
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     Te5 Year Collaboration through 
    Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant
            (TQE)
              Populations 
                   MSCD           DPS
 Enrollment        22,500       78,000
 Campus         Downtown        Metro 
                   Denver       Denver
                            10 HS, 18 MS
 Education Majors 300-400
 Science            10-40
                 WHY
       DPS                 MSCD
 Improve teacher      Increase science 
     retention            licensure
   Secondary          Science redesign 
     science                 of
     redesign            curriculum
                    HOW
  Change current course structure for 
        science curriculum at DPS
    Grade 6         Mixture of all science topics
    Grade 7         Mixture of all science topics
   Grade 8*         Mixture of all science topics
    Grade 9                Life science
  Grade 10*                  Elective
   Grade 11                  Elective
   Grade 12                  Elective
          HOW
   New structure for DPS science 
  curriculum (Field Testing 2006/07)
 Grade 6 Weather, atmosphere, earth
 Grade 7 Life science
 Grade 8* Physical science
 Grade 9 Earth science and/or elective
 Grade 10*Life science and/or elective
 Grade 11 Chemistry or physics and/or elective
 Grade 12 Chemistry or physics and/or elective/none
 * CSAP for Science given to all students