Editors: While the National Academy of Education meeting is not open to the public, reporters are welcome to attend.
A panel discussion on undergraduate science teaching will be featured when the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education hosts the annual meeting of the National Academy of Education on Oct. 20-21.
More than 100 highly distinguished educational researchers and postdoctoral fellows from across the country are expected to attend the conference. Lorrie Shepard, dean of CU-Boulder's School of Education, is president of the National Academy of Education.
The conference, which is not open to the public, will be held at the University Memorial Center on the CU-Boulder campus.
CU-Boulder Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson will lead a panel discussion on "Reforming Undergraduate Teaching in the Sciences" on Oct. 20 at 2:30 p.m. in room 235 of the UMC. Panelists include Carl Wieman, Nobel laureate and distinguished professor in CU-Boulder's physics department; Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academy of Sciences; Valerie Otero, assistant professor of science education in CU-Boulder's School of Education; and William Wood, distinguished professor in CU-Boulder's molecular, cellular and developmental biology department.
Panel discussions on Oct. 21 include "Women in Science" at 8:30 a.m. in room 235 of the UMC and "School Choice" at 10:30 a.m. also in room 235.
The National Academy of Education was founded in 1965 and is based in Washington, D.C. The academy has up to 150 U.S. members and up to 25 foreign associates who are elected on the basis of outstanding scholarship or outstanding contributions to education.
School of Education faculty members Shepard, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Robert Linn, Distinguished Professor Margaret Eisenhart, Professor Hilda Borko and Professor Emeritus Walter Kintsch of the psychology department are CU-Boulder members of the National Academy of Education.
For more information about the conference, including a schedule, visit the Web site at .