The words of President Kennedy and the view they represent are woven into the fabric of ISB, and the effort to ensure the development of a scientifically literate society is part of the Institute's mission. That effort has received a significant boost with the announcement that the Center for Inquiry Science (CIS) at the Institute for Systems Biology, in partnership with Everett Public Schools, has received a $600,000 grant from the Washington state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to fund a collaboration aimed at improving science education in the district's middle and high schools.
Under the three-year partnership, CIS staff will work with 60 secondary science teachers and nine principals to implement Observing Evidence for Learning (OEL), a model for
Scientists from the University of Washington and Seattle Pacific University will serve on the project management team, provide Everett Public Schools science teachers with summer science workshops, and help identify experts in science content to support the teachers' study of science lessons.
The OSPI received funds to support the project from the US Department of Education as part of the No Child Left Behind Act. CIS is a self-supporting program of ISB that funds all its operations via government grants, foundation support and individual philanthropy.
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