"Systemic
Reform for the Long Term: Lessons from a Decade of Partnership"
- M. Susanna Navarro, co-principal investigators from the El Paso
Urban Systemic Program. 
Three presentations and a panel discussion enhanced the inquiry carried out in the strands. Presentations The El Paso Urban Systemic Program has its roots in the El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence, founded ten years ago by Susana Navarro to address low academic achievement among El Paso’s poor and minority students. Dr. Navarro discusses the necessity to focus on K-16 partnerships and on academic success for all students, K-16. She also describes the strategies used in the Collaborative’s and the Urban Program’s work that have ensured success. Full transcript >>
Dr. Lee examines the important role science can play in the education of English language learners. She discusses how science encourages interaction of ELL students with peers and how literacy and math are easily incorporated into the science classroom. Full transcript >>
Algebra for all students is becoming more and more important as high school and university exit exams include algebra. It is also a prerequisite for many basic skills in the workplace. Dr. Ferrini-Mundy discusses the need for including algebra in the early grades and its importance in providing the symbol system and mechanisms for working with those symbols that undergird much of mathematics. Full transcript >>
Panel Discussions
Moderator: Costello L. Brown, Director for the Division of Educational System Reform in NSF’s Education and Human Resources Directorate Panelists: Janie Schielack, Director Center for Teaching and Learning |