Sentences with word «precollege»

These focus on harnessing the wisdom of teachers, helping the business community promote new directions in precollege science education, and — last but not least — catalyzing major changes in the way we teach college - level science.

For me, as the mountain biking season in Utah begins, I trust my «spoke» in precollege science education is strong support for a wheel climbing a trail with energy ultimately focused on improving student achievement in science.

When scientists and educators in the late 1950's set out to create new curricula for precollege students, the issue at the top of the agenda was increasing the supply of scientists and engineers.

The bill, which sets the programs» funding at $ 35 million, will provide an as - yet unspecified amount for precollege education programs, which had been eliminated entirely in the President's proposal.

I have taken advantage of a unique postdoctoral fellowship opportunity that permits me to dive into the world of precollege science education.

Responsibilities will include instruction of lab field trips, extracurricular and after - school research programs, and week - long summer camps for precollege students from the Suzhou - Shanghai area and throughout China; development of new programs; and expansion of relationships with school administrators, teachers, and parents.

Last year, NIH even eliminated its tiny Office of Science Education, and it took an act of Congress to preserve the Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA), NIH's sole program aimed at precollege students.

Involve all students, particularly low income, first - generation college, and underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds, in precollege program learning experiences that focus on developing college aspirations and preparing students for entry into higher education.

This brief focuses on how precollege interventions like TN SAILS can increase college readiness and reduce remediation at scale.

Washington — In the wake of a widely publicized national meeting on precollege science and mathematics education, the House last week passed a bill authorizing $ 20 million more than President Reagan had requested for the National Science Foundation's (nsf) science - education programs.

Education Unlimited ® provides academic summer camps & precollege summer programs for students entering grades 4 - 12.

Read the latest issue here, focused on how precollege interventions like TN SAILS can increase college readiness and reduce remediation at scale.

Meeting Tuesday at NIH for the first time, the new panel's members heard presentations from outside organizations working to improve precollege science education across the nation.

Thus, we became the first place in the world to routinely do DNA manipulation experiments with precollege students.

But professors and precollege teachers are not seen as members of the same profession.

So the first job of the panel, a working group of a permanent advisory body made up of NIH institute directors and prominent outsiders, will be to identify the connection between precollege activities and strengthening the pipeline and then define NIH's role in both spheres.

«To make precollege science and math teaching more competitive with other career opportunities, resources must be provided to compensate teachers of mathematics, science, and technology comparably to similarly trained S&E professionals in other economic sectors,» Challenge declares.

pipeline issues by developing and supporting bridge programs to reach precollege students from underrepresented groups while they are exploring options

Students in a department should be given the opportunity to participate in, and be allowed to create, outreach programs that serve to motivate precollege students to pursue MSE careers.

To be sure, there is consensus that precollege training for prospective scientists and engineers needs to be improved and that African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans are seriously underrepresented among those pursuing S&E degrees.

Begun in 1997, UTeach is also making STEM faculty rethink their traditional view of precollege teaching as a second - rate career.

It authorized a federally funded educational program, which is the single largest precollege federal education program of its kind.

Explore the influences of precollege characteristics and college experiences on the development and effectiveness of preservice and inservice underrepresented male teachers

The summer months have produced more talk and some action on the much - discussed problems in precollege science and mathematics education, with legislation proposed or in effect in several Southern states, two federal bills introduced, and a national panel convened for the first time.

NIH officials are hoping that SEPA will become the vehicle for NIH's precollege activities.

For more information on how precollege interventions can improve preparedness and reduce remediation, check out our alignment brief.

But Clyde Yancy thinks he still has a few cards to play in tackling the politically sensitive question of whether the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should wade into the swirling waters of precollege science education.

«This will be our first public - school project in a rural community, and the largest grant we have ever made for precollege education,» according to Paul Ostergard, the foundation's president.

America's precollege science and math education is mediocre enough to threaten the nation's continued scientific supremacy in today's «changed world» of globalized science, warns Science and Engineering Indicators 2006, NSB's latest biennial report on the state of the nation's research enterprise, which was released in February.

Each year 30,000 precollege students conduct hands - on experiments at the DNALC or receive intensive lab instruction from DNALC staff at their schools.

Cardiologist Clyde Yancy at a meeting earlier this week of a panel he leads that is examining the role of the National Institutes of Health in precollege education.

Participants can choose from a variety of options — writing, science, math, computers, leadership and precollege.

core curriculum issues by improving the precollege curriculum to ensure students are prepared for college - level science and mathematics courses, and changes to college - level core courses to ensure students are well prepared to complete higher level courses

To this end we (1) partner with precollege science teachers to develop and produce innovative Internet - based curriculum supplement materials focused on genetics, biotechnology, and bioethics; (2) update and expand teachers» knowledge in these areas through professional development programs; and (3) engage precollege students in science enrichment experiences.

Many minority students receive little exposure to the earth and space sciences in precollege or undergraduate curricula and have few opportunities to participate in research in these fields as college students.

Universities need to persuade the precollege students in the community to pursue an MSE career.

The bill would authorize nearly $ 100 million a year for several new programs to be run by the National Science Foundation, a sizable addition to its current $ 275 million budget for precollege education.

The panel's relatively fuzzy charge from NIH Director Francis Collins is to «optimize NIH's precollege programs» so that they «both align with the NIH mission and ensure a continued pipeline of biomedical science students and professionals.»

The new executive director of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has never taught science at the precollege level.

One of the paper's main recommendations is for math interventions for girls at the precollege level, which the authors say could improve the gender balance in math - intensive areas.

For instance, during their precollege years only a few have the opportunity to visit research centers or even UTEP.

In addition, over 10,000 precollege and college faculty have received intensive training at DNALC - sponsored workshops conducted in 48 states and 15 foreign countries.

The DNALC is the largest provider of biotechnology instruction at the precollege level in the United States, operating six teaching laboratories in Cold Spring Harbor, Lake Success, and Manhattan.

About the Education Mission CBN has built a comprehensive education program consisting of precollege, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral initiatives, as well as public education.

In 2011, the school launched «F&M College Prep» and welcomed 23 KIPP students to the precollege summer - immersion program.

They sent me to a precollege exploration course at Wellesley College, to give me a taste of what was possible.

Most students in Carl Skluzacek's high school must choose either a vocational or an academic (precollege) curriculum.

Are you, personally, satisfied with the quality of our precollege education system and our teacher education system?