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Eisenhower Regional Math & Science Consortia Awards
Ten multi-state consortia have been selected to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education through the FY 2000 competition of the Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Education Consortia Program. Each consortia will receive $1.47 million in the first year and $1.475 million annually for years 2-5 of the award.
The consortia program supports a regional and national technical assistance and dissemination system that focuses on mathematics and science education to help build the capacity of states and schools to implement their school reform initiatives. Grantees also help coordinate federal, state and local education plans and activities, and assist educators to adopt, adapt and implement promising and exemplary practices for improving teaching and learning.
The awardees are:
- Appalachia Educational Laboratory, based in Charleston, West Virginia
- Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, based in Honolulu, Hawaii
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, based in Austin, Texas
- TERC, Inc., based in Cambridge, Mass.
- Research for Better Schools, based in Philadelphia, Pa.
- Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, based in Portland, Ore.
- WestEd, based in San Francisco, Calif.
- Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning, based in Aurora, Colo.
- North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, based in Oak Brook, Ill.
More information on each consortium and other resources for science and math education can be found on-line at the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse: http://www.enc.org/partners/consortia/