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*****THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED TO JUNE 28, 2001 TO ALLOW FOR WIDER PARTICIPATION. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW*****

NSF PA/M 01-29 - June 14, 2001

Urban Students Make Gains: NSF to Report on Math and Science Education Reform

First multi-site news conference via national research "Grid" network

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will host a news conference Tuesday, June 19, to communicate preliminary results of a study on NSF's Urban Systemic Initiatives (USI). These initiatives were begun in 1993 to help school systems in more than 20 major cities undergo major reforms to improve math and science education. A summary report, Academic Excellence for All Urban Students, is based on a larger study, from which the first detailed data are now available on the progress of students in urban systems that have undertaken reforms.

To announce these results, NSF has organized its first multi-site online news conference in an application of the latest "Grid" networking technology. NSF officials in Arlington, Va., and selected city school officials from facilities near their home sites will communicate their experiences with education system reform. Study team members will be available to discuss technical issues and findings on the USIs.

Live, streamed video of the entire event will be easily accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. From 1:00-3:00 p.m. on June 19, contact URL: http://zuul.ncsa.uiuc.edu/arrott2/media/ACCESS_LIVE.ram
(Requires RealPlayer software, available free at http://real.com). Reporters participating "virtually" are encouraged to submit questions via email, which may be answered by experts during a question/answer session. Send to wnoxon@nsf.gov

Who:	Joseph Bordogna, NSF Deputy Director Judth Sunley, NSF Interim Acting Director for Education and Human Resources Floretta McKenzie, President, The McKenzie Group, Inc. Sharon Lewis, Director of Research Council of the Great City Schools Juanita-Clay Chambers, USI Program Director, Detroit Public Schools Gene T Harris, Superintendent, Columbus, Ohio Public Schools Clifton D. Burgess, USI Program Director, Chicago Public Schools Richard Schaar, Senior Vice President, Texas Instruments, Inc.
What:	Urban Systemic Initiative Progress Report Academic Excellence for All Urban Students
When:	1:00-3:00 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Where:	University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications' ACCESS Center 901 North Stuart Street (8^th Floor) Arlington, VA --next to Ballston Metro

For more information contact:
Bill Noxon (703) 292-8070/wnoxon@nsf.gov

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