“At the recent Texas Regional Collaborative’s 12th annual showcase event, Kamil Jbeily executive director of Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching, discusses the critical mission of science education with University of Texas System Chancellor Mark Yudof, John Hofmeister, president and country chair of Shell Oil, and UT Austin President William Powers Jr.“
University of Texas at Austin website, February 28, 2004
“One of UT’s key initiatives is to improve public education and build K-16 partnerships. The collaboratives do precisely that. We’re supported by the Texas Education Agency, the National Science Foundation, private foundations of corporations like SBC and Toyota, by legislators who come to functions that honor the excellent science teachers of Texas, by businesspeople in the regions, by principals who give their teachers opportunities to participate in our professional development training sessions–the group of individuals and organizations who have given of financial and human resources is very large and deeply, deeply appreciated!“
“The majority of teachers that graduated from college, for a really long time, really lacked the science content knowledge in their teacher preparation. Universities are revising their curriculum to better prepare elementary teachers to teach science, he said. Meanwhile, school and state officials must provide training for teachers who need help.“
