Edvantia’s Dr. Keith Smith, who directed the Coalfield Rural Systemic Initiative, hosted a July 16, 2008, forum of practitioners and policymakers to celebrate the Rural Systemic Initiatives (RSIs) that were funded by the National Science Foundation. Practitioners from the field shared information about successes and lessons learned from 10 years of RSI work. Representatives from several federal agencies that have education programs discussed how the RSI experience can be leveraged by other mathematics and science education programs. Proceedings are being prepared—to get your copy as a PDF by e-mail, complete the form on this page.

You may also want to read A Legacy of Leadership and Lessons Learned: Results from the Rural Systemic Initiatives for Improving Mathematics and Science Education. This report can be accessed from the link below: