| Connecting
School and "Out of School"
When asked about experiences that nurtured their interest in science, scientists often mention experiences outside of formal education - classes at the museum or planetarium, science fairs or home projects. AAAS has a long history of developing and encouraging out of school programs in science, mathematics and technology. Linkages, established in the mid 1980s, supported development of SMT programs by community-based organizations and youth serving groups. Science Linkages in the Community nurtured community wide organizing for science. Rochester, New York, a participating SLIC site in the program initiated in the early 1990s, continues to this day. A 2001 conference
organized by AAAS and the Baltimore Urban Systemic Initiaitive with
funding from NSF, examined the potential of linking in school and
out of school programming to enhance SMT learning and to decrease
the achievement gap. The report of this conference will be published
on the site in the coming month. |
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DC ACTS DCACTS is a collaboration to support reform of SMT education in the District of Columbia Public Schools. It utilizes important resources developed by AAAS to support reform in K-12 education across the United States. Project 2061 published Science for All Americans, Benchmarks for Science Literacy, Atlas of Science Literacy and important textbook analysis tools. EHR has developed unique capacity in addressing the challenge of educating all children, in enchancing the role of parents and communities in science and mathematics education, and in planning and implementing systemwide reform.These AAAS resources
are brought together in an action coalition to support science,
mathematics and technology education. The partnership of the District
of Columbia Public Schools, AAAS and Carnegie Institution of Washington
(CIW) works to support standards- based curriculum, to bring the
resources of the scientific community to participating schools,
and to help build capacity within DCPS to continue and extend improvement
efforts. AAAS works directly with middle, junior high and high schools
in DCPS in two feeder systems. |
| AAAS
Honorary Memberships and Grants AAAS Science Update DC ACTS Forums & Books International Public Science Day Kinetic City Other than School Programs Parents Public Science Day SB&F Science + Literacy Science in the Summer Scence Links in the Community Science NetLinks Science, Technology and Disability Science Update Technical Assistance Schools |
| Resources
for Learning AAAS EHR has developed a number of resources to support schools, teachers and librarians. Now in its 38th year, SB& F is a unique resource for teachers and librarians serving children, young adults and adults. Our reviewers, scientists, engineers, teachers and librarians point readers and users to high quality books, videos, websites and software. Teachers can use the considerable collection of resources organized and presented in Science NetLinks. Those working in science, mathematics and technology education reform can take advantage of the summary material gathered and organized through EHR sponsored forums and publications. We
invite you to visit often and take advantage of the resources. |
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