The Education Connection News Service
Exciting news from the world of public radio

The SOUNDPRINT Media Center, with funding from the National Science Foundation, has created The Education Connection News Service, a series of 22 radio reports that focus on schools, teachers and students who are catalysts for change. The reports profile projects that:

The reports have already been broadcast in local markets, and will be delivered to public radio stations nationwide in the form of a national satellite feed in support of National Science and Technology Week, April 26-May 2. As an additional service to journalists, educators and parents, SOUNDPRINT has produced media tipsheets with feature articles, key education reform benchmarks and website links for each of the featured curricula.

Education Forecast Tip Sheets for Spring 1998

  • Algebra
  • Anatomy
  • Biodiversity
  • Latitude
  • Magnetism

  • Meteorology
  • Migration
  • Oceans
  • Space
  • Watersheds

    • Recent studies show that American students lag behind the global average in knowledge of science and math. In the 1960s, science education aimed to foster a new generation of researchers and engineers; in today's age of cloning, space exploration, and global warming, the new national objective is "science for everyone". Science literacy no longer means being able to recite the periodic table forward and back. Memorization and regulation are passé. Today's inquiry-based methods include hands-on introductions to scientific principles, as well as familiarity with how scientists work and the uncertainties inherent in research. Schools and teachers can either be bottlenecks or catalysts in shaping a scientifically literate society.

    For more information on how to make The Education Connection News Service work best for you, and for a customized list of schools in your market that use any of the featured curricula, send email to am@soundprint.org or call (202)885-2820

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