Open AccessLegislation may support STaRS
Author(s) -
Jonathan C. Dickey
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/00eo00173
Subject(s) - congressman , government (linguistics) , service (business) , incentive , political science , legislation , liberian dollar , public relations , public administration , medical education , medicine , business , law , finance , economics , politics , philosophy , linguistics , marketing , microeconomics
Congressman Vernon Ehlers (R, MI) has offered three bills in the House of Representatives that support K‐12 science, math, engineering, and technology (SMET) education ( Eos , April 18, 2000). Although no dollar amounts are mentioned, the three bills contain numerous provisions for improving and expanding SMET education activities at the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation, and for tax incentives for pre‐service teacher education and in‐service professional development. Of particular interest is Section 15 of H.R. 4271, the National Science Education Act, which directs the NSF to provide scholarships for K‐12 teachers to participate in research programs in government agencies, colleges and universities, or private research establishments. Such scholarships could support AGU's Science Teacher and Research Scientist (STaRS) effort, which is intended to provide opportunities for teachers to participate in research under the direction of AGU scientists, and for those same scientists to participate in science teaching under the teachers' direction.