Sentences with phrase «science education reform initiative»

George «Pinky» Nelson has been named the new director of Project 2061, the science education reform initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

New findings reported at two recent conferences demonstrate the range of research being conducted by AAAS's Project 2061, a long - term science education reform initiative.

Not exact matches

Some years ago, when AAAS launched an effort to reform science education, it said that true reform will take about as long as Halley's Comet's orbital period [of about 76 years]-- that's why they labeled their initiative Project 2061.

The Education Department this month announced two initiatives to help states develop systemic reforms linked to national standards in mathematics and science.

She has worked on a number of other studies, including a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of inclusive STEM high schools funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Evaluation of Writing Project Professional Development for the National Writing Project, the National Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund Program for the U.S. Department of Education, evaluations of several school reform initiatives in Chicago, and the Bridging the Divide study that examined the transition from high school to college for the U.S. Department of Education.

Unlike many education reform initiatives, the solutions that directly address student learning through the provision of new or improved forms of instruction have had significant positive impact on student achievement in grades 7 through 11 in mathematics, language arts, social studies and science and on the development of early reading skills.