Mathematics and Science Partnerships (MSP) is education policy from Title 2, Part B, Sections 2201-2203 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
[1] Math and science education continued to receive attention following the Cold War through various programs and policy in the STEM fields.
Examples of such programs include summer research opportunities for undergraduates, fellowships for graduate students, and professional development for K-12 classroom teacher.
Mathematics and Science Partnerships fall in the Title 2 section of NCLB, "Improving Teacher Quality Grant Program".
This particular partnerships aims to improve mathematics teaching in grades three through eight by providing research-based professional development that increased teachers' content knowledge and pedagogical skills.
The National Science Foundations also runs a separate MSP that follows the same model at the section under NCLB but receives significantly more funding (in 2003, the NSF Mathematics and Science Partnerships received 160 million dollars in funding as compared to NCLB's 12.5 million dollars).