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Assessing NASA Science Activation 2.0: Progress, Achievements, and Strategic Recommendations. Consensus Study Report
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Margaret Honey, Editor; Wendy Gram, Editor; Kenne Dibner, Editor; Committee to Assess NASA Science Activation 2.0, Contributor; Board on Science Education, Contributor; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Contributor – National Academies Press, 2025
Since its inception, NASA's Science Activation program has demonstrated considerable success in leveraging the agency's strong public reputation and resources to engage a diversity of audiences in science education projects nationwide. As the program nears the end of this second five-year funding cycle, NASA tasked the National Academies with…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Science Education, STEM Education, Program Effectiveness
The Future of Education Research at IES: Advancing an Equity-Oriented Science
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Adam Gamoran; Kenne Dibner – National Academies Press, 2022
In 2002 Congress passed the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA), authorizing the creation of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) as the research, evaluation, statistics, and assessment arm of the Department of Education, and crystallizing the federal government's commitment to providing national leadership in expanding fundamental…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Public Agencies, Federal Government, Grants
Guided Drawing with Multilingual Preschoolers: Developing Language, Vocabulary, and Content Knowledge
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Cassano, Christina M.; Paciga, Kathleen A. – Teachers College Press, 2023
Drawing provides opportunities for children to communicate their thoughts even when they do not have the vocabulary or the English proficiency to fully explain their ideas. This practical guide presents foundational information on the role of drawing in vocabulary development. The authors describe a research-based intervention designed to support…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Language Proficiency
Children's Budget 2022
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Dallafior, Michelle, Ed.; Troe, Jessica, Ed.; Kayal, Michele, Ed.; Sasner, Conor, Ed.; Gomez, Olivia, Ed. – First Focus on Children, 2022
"Children's Budget 2022" finds that the share of federal spending on children climbed to a historic 11.98% of the U.S. budget in FY 2022, producing remarkable declines in child poverty, hunger and the rate of children without health insurance. The report finds that the share of U.S. domestic and international spending on children rose…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Resource Allocation, Children