Making Schools Work for Every ChildThe CD-ROM, Making Schools Work for Every Child,is a resource for educators who are concerned about creating equitable conditions in which every child can succeed at school. It provides a collection of math and science equity materials to help teachers and administrators acknowledge children's diverse strengths, identify inequities, and improve the ways in which we currently serve students with varied needs. The CD-ROM includes resources that can help educators strengthen skills in serving students with diverse needs; gain insights into our cultural frameworks; examine school structures and mechanisms that promote or inhibit the participation of members from diverse communities; strengthen preservice programs; and examine building, district, state, and federal policies. The disk was produced by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) with the Equity Task Force of the National Network of Eisenhower Regional Consortia and Clearinghouse (NNERCC). Bob McLaughlin, Regional Alliance Equity Network Coordinator, served as co-chair of the Equity Task Force. Making Schools Work for Every Child is available free to educators through the Eisenhower Regional Consortia. To obtain a copy, contact the Eisenhower Consortium in your region. Educators in the Northeast and Islands region should send a self-addressed envelope (6.5 x 9.5) stamped with $1.01 postage to the Regional Alliance at TERC. For information about the Regional Equity Nework, visit the Regional Networks section on the Hub ra.terc.edu.
K-16 CollaborationThe second issue of From the Inside, a journal on professional development school (PDS) partnerships will be published this summer. If you are interested in contributing to the journal, contact David Leo-Nyquist, editor, From the Inside, Box 247, Saint Michael's College, Winooski Park, Colchester, Vermont 05439, dleo-nyquist@smcvt.edu.If you would like a copy of the first issue of the journal, send a self-addressed envelope (9 x 12) stamped with 78¢ postage to the Regional Alliance at TERC. For information about the Regional KÐ16 Network, visit the Regional Networks section on the Hub ra.terc.edu. |
Informal Science EducationThe Northeast Informal Science Education Network (NISEN) is a collaborative effort between the Regional Alliance and the Museum Institute for Teaching Science.NISEN was launched last September at a two-day conference that brought together 115 educators, including directors, education coordinators, and exhibit developers from nature centers, museums, zoos, and science centers. Since the conference a network steering committee has worked to refine the network's mission and set priorities. For 1998 the steering committee has identified two priorities: to develop a comprehensive online resource center for informal science educators, and to convene a second annual regional conference. Online ResourcesThe Informal Science Education Online Resource Center will be a Web site that points you to professional development opportunities, a national directory of informal science sites, curriculum resources, standards and frameworks and other education reform Web sites, job opportunities, and evaluation consultants. The Online Resource Center will be part of the Regional Alliance Hub. The NISEN resources subcommittee is currently gathering and reviewing existing Web resources and determining what resources have yet to be created. If you know of resources that should be included, e-mail your suggestions to: alliance@terc.edu. Look for the Resource Center to appear on the Hub later this spring ra.terc.edu.Second Annual Northeast Informal Science Educators ConferenceThe second annual conference will be held September 14Ð15, 1998, in Worcester, Massachusetts. In March the NISEN Conference subcommittee will survey informal science educators for their interest in topics and suggestions for speakers, and will extend a call for presentations. For more information about NISEN, call (617) 547-0430. To join the Regional Alliance Informal Education listserv, send an e-mail to: |