The emphasis is on sustained and intensive, high-quality development experiences that are tied to the everyday life of a school and that support continuous improvement in teaching and learning. The program gives schools the flexibility to set their own staff training and development priorities. Level funding in 2000 would enable States, school districts, and institutions of higher education to continue their current efforts to upgrade the quality of instruction in the American classroom. Emphasis is placed on development and applications of educational technologies, piloting of technologies to assess their effectiveness in classrooms, and large-scale implementation across entire education systems. Increased emphasis is placed on forging partnerships between districts and institutions of higher education.
Special emphasis is directed on increasing diversity of the professoriate.
These Fellows will assist teachers in the science and mathematics content to be used in instruction, demonstrate key science and mathematics concepts, and connect elementary and secondary learning to the habits and skills required for collegiate study.