Publication | Closed Access
Rural School-Community Partnerships: The Case of Science Education.
11
Citations
0
References
2005
Year
Kindergarten EducationFormula Grant ProgramEducationStem EducationMathematics EducationEducational PolicyNclb LegislationAgricultural EducationSecondary Stem EducationResearch-practice PartnershipRural EducationHigher EducationCommunity DevelopmentRural School-community PartnershipsMiddle School CurriculumCommunity Practice EducationTeacher PreparationEducation ReformSecondary Mathematics EducationEducation Policy
Partnerships as a strategy for education reform have recently taken on increased national importance. The No Child Left Behind Act [NCLB] (2001) promotes an agenda for the development of partnerships with particular emphasis on mathematics and science. A number of federal agencies have responded to the NCLB legislation through the development of grant programs that focus on leveraging resources through school-community partnerships to improve education. For example, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has established the Mathematics and Science Partnership program, which “recommends that partnerships among educational entities, especially [those that bring] together the preK-12 community with scientists, mathematicians, and engineers from institutions of higher education, should ... improve preK-12 teaching and learning in mathematics and science for all children” (National Science Foundation [NSF], 2002, p. 5). Similarly, the U. S. Department of Education (USDOE, 2004) administers a formula grant program to states that is