This is the first edition of the "Mobile Digest of Education Statistics." This compact compilation of statistical information covers prekindergarten through graduate school to describe the current American education scene. The "Mobile Digest" is designed as an easy mobile reference for materials found in detail in the…

Describes the federal legislation introduced in 1991 that provides formula grants to states to purchase elementary science equipment. The purchases are to be matched by local education agencies and coordinated with hands-on laboratory activities. (MDH)

Science education has become a focal point in recent years for discussion and speculation. Numerous reports indicate that science instruction is not producing high quality education. This document notes many of the changes in science education by citing historical trends in the field since 1940. It then goes on to describe a cooperative unified…

The Experimental Reflection Portal, or "XRePort" is an online system that pairs students and teachers from different schools and allows them to "talk" about their common science investigations. In this way, students communicate their science knowledge "and" experience firsthand the benefits of the collaborative nature…

This guide for the fiscal year 1975 is designed to provide summary information about programs funded by the National Science Foundation, and is intended as a source of general guidance for institutions and individuals interested in participating in these programs. Program listings describe the principal characteristics and basic purpose of each…

Since its inception in 2002, the National Center for Education Research (NCER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has funded over 700 education research grants and over 60 education training grants. The research grants have supported exploratory research to build theory or generate hypotheses on factors that may affect educational…

In 1993 the National Science Foundation approved the funding of a 5-year program to enhance science education within a large school district in the southern United States. The initial grant funded training for 34 mentors and identified 7 primary goals and 31 activities toward those goals. During the project, two teachers in each elementary school…

This guide for the fiscal year 1976 is designed to provide summary information about programs funded by the National Science Foundation, and is intended as a source of general guidance for institutions and individuals interested in participating in these programs. Program listings describe the principal characteristics and basic purpose of each…

Discussed are financial implications for college science teachers in terms of the transfer of Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program (MISIP) and, the elementary and preschool section of NSF's Improvement of Pre-College Instruction Group from the National Science Foundation to the new Department of Education. (CS)

Second article in a series, including SO 500 585 and SO 500 621, describes the changes in social studies curricula in the United States during the 1960's as a result of the many federally funded curriculum projects. Specific description is provided of several projects of international interest. (DB)

The 2011 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 47th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…

This document presents evaluation results for Cicero Public School District 99 for the Illinois Title VII Special Alternative Program Grant for the 1994-1995 school year. This was the first year of funding of the special alternative grant and the BRIDGES program, which provided collaborative teams of bilingual and English-as-a-second-language…

This document presents the evaluation results for the Title VII Special Alternative Instructional Program grant to Cicero Public School District 99 (Illinois) for the 1994-95 school year. This was the third year of funding and implementation of this grant, which provided summer school funds with emphasis in building literacy through the use of…