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Download full textHarmon, Hobart L.; Smith, Keith C. – Edvantia (NJ1), 2012
This monograph offers an in-depth look at the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Rural Systemic Initiative (RSI) efforts, an investment of more than $140 million to reform mathematics and science programs in rural K-12 public education and tribal education. The authors seek to promote a foundation of contextual understanding for improving public…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Poverty, Science Education, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedHarmon, Hobart L.; Gordanier, Janna; Henry, Lana; George, Ann – Rural Educator, 2007
This article describes the approach of a five-year initiative, funded by the National Science Foundation, to improve the teaching of mathematics and science in 10 rural school districts of Missouri. Traditional challenges of improving the professional practice of teachers are addressed through a regional partnership. External project evaluation…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Rural Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Change
Harmon, Hobart L.; Smith, Keith – Edvantia (NJ1), 2007
This report pays tribute to the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Rural Systemic Initiatives (RSIs), an investment of more than $140 million to improve mathematics and science education in some of rural America's most impoverished communities. The report illustrates the impact of NSF's RSI program on a national scale. Each RSI planned a project…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Poverty, Science Education, Mathematics Education
