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Articles From the Hartford Courant

GRANTS AWARDED FOR TEACHER TRAINING ; EDUCATION BRIEFS; [7 SPORTS FINAL Edition]

Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn.: Mar 9, 2004. p. B.6

Local news about Connecticut grant awards

Positive spotlight on initiatives to improve science education

Articles From the Hartford Courant

BOARD VOTES TO UPDATE SCIENCE, FRENCH TEXTS; [6 HARTFORD SOUTH FINAL Edition]ANGIE CHUANG,  Courant Staff Writer. Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn.: Oct 14, 1998. pg. B.5

The new elementary science texts published by Macmillan/MacGraw- Hill, replacing the 1984 edition has changed it’s format to meet elementary science curriculum’s approach which includes more experiments, thus allowing increased flexibility for science instruction.

Articles From the Hartford Courant

IT'S ELEMENTARY: TO THE THREE R'S, ADD ONE `S' ; TEACHING SCIENCE GETS NEW EMPHASIS; [STATEWIDE Edition]ROBERT A. FRAHM,  Courant Staff Writer. Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn.: Feb 22, 2004. pg. L.24

“Elementary schools will be under pressure to improve science teaching as they gear up for new tests required under President Bush's school reform law, the No Child Left Behind Act. In Connecticut, state education officials recently rewrote guidelines for science curriculums and will add a science exam to the Mastery Test starting in 2008.”

Conclusion

• Science curriculum change inspired by the No Child Left Behind Act

•Connecticut mastery tests will include a science exam in 2008

•Training for classroom teachers and science kits is a good example of how Connecticut is meeting the requirements of this initiative

•Positive response is reflected in students’ interest in fundamentals of scientific inquiry