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Building Bridges to the Future and LASER

Bridges Membership List

LASER initiative

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Building Bridges to the Future is a consortium of central New Jersey school districts, corporations, science organizations, PMI, Teacher Preparation, and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.  The consortium provides support activities, led by scientists and engineers, for client school districts adopting innovative science curricula.  Building Bridges to the Future is itself a member of a regional coalition, the Tri-State Science Education Reform Partnership, which in turn is a regional partner in LASER.

Members of Building Bridges to the Future (New window will open with any link)
American Cyanamid Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute QUEST-Teacher Preparation Program, Princeton University
Ewing Township Schools Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ
FMC Corporation Union Camp Technology Center
Invention Factory Science Center Science Alliance, Somerville, NJ
Lawrence Township Schools West Windsor-Plainsboro Schools
Montgomery Township Schools Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Princeton, NJ
Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University

LASER - Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform

LASER is a project of the National Science Resources Center (NSRC).   LASER consists of eight regional partnerships whose role is to assist school districts in implementing the very best elementary and middle school science programs and practices.  Central New Jersey is included in the Tri-State Science Education Reform Partnership, which also encompasses eastern Pennsylvania and southern Connecticut.

Members of the Tri-State Partnership

Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Education

Merck Institute for Science Education
Building Bridges to the Future

New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative
E = mc2 Local Systemic Initiative:

Project 2061

Ewing, Lawrence, and West Windsor-Plainsboro Schools

Union Camp Technology Center
Invention Factory Science Center

More about LASER

School districts that are seeking to improve science education are matched with other districts in the same region that have built strong science education programs.   LASER builds a new vision of science education among school leaders, helps them to appreciate the effectiveness of inquiry-centered science materials, and guides them in a strategic planning process.

Necessary assistance to client school districts is provided by universities, corporations, science organizations, and school districts that have more experience with the process.

NSRC is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and at least ten corporate contributors. 

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