NCSA NEWS

Urban Students Make Gains: NSF to Report on Math and Science Education Reform

released June 22, 2001

 

Contact
Bill Noxon
wnoxon@nsf.gov
703.292.8070

First multi-site news conference via national research "Grid" network

WASHINGTON, DC — The National Science Foundation (NSF) will host an interactive news conference on Thursday, June 28, to communicate preliminary results of a study on NSF's Urban Systemic Initiatives (USI) in K12 mathematics and science education, a program begun in 1993. School systems in more than 20 major cities have undergone major reforms to improve math and science education. A summary report, Academic Excellence for All Urban Students, is based on a larger ongoing study, and provides context for detailed data that have been gathered on the progress of students in urban systems that have undertaken reforms.

To announce these results, NSF has organized its first multi-site online news conference in an application of the latest "Grid" networking technology. NSF officials in Arlington, Va., and selected city school officials from facilities near their home sites, will communicate their experiences with education system reform. Study team members will be available to discuss technical issues and study criteria.

Live, streamed video of the entire event will be easily accessible to anyone with an Internet connection between 1:00- 3:00 p.m. on June 28. at http://zuul.ncsa.uiuc.edu/arrott2/media/ACCESS_LIVE.ram (Requires RealPlayer software, available free at http://www.real.com/). Reporters participating "virtually" are encouraged to submit questions via email, which may be answered by experts during a question/answer session. Send to wnoxon@nsf.gov.

Who:	Rita Colwell, NSF Director Judith Sunley, NSF Interim Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources Floretta McKenzie, president, The McKenzie Group, Inc. Juanita-Clay Chambers, USI program director, Detroit Public Schools Gene T Harris, Superintendent, Columbus, Ohio Public Schools Clifton D. Burgess, USI program director, Chicago Public Schools Richard Schaar, Senior Vice President, Texas Instruments, Inc. Jason Kim, president, Systemic Reform, Inc. (principal investigator)
What:	Urban Systemic Initiative Progress Report Academic Excellence for All Urban Students
When:	Thursday, June 28, 2001, 1:00-3:00 p.m. EDT
Where:	University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications' ACCESS Center 901 North Stuart Street (8TH Floor) Arlington, VA (at Ballston Metro - from Metro escalator, go straight through doors ahead, then right into first office building entryway for drivers, parking available by Hilton Hotel entrance on N. Stafford St. between 9th and Fairfax Drive)

 

Releases Archive