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Major Programs: • Student Support - use the NASA mission, facilities, human resources, and programs to provide information, experiences, and research opportunities for students at all levels to support the enhancement of knowledge and skills in the areas of science, mathematics, technology, and geography. • Teacher/Faculty Preparation and Enhancement - use the NASA mission, facilities, human resources, and programs to provide exposure and experiences to educators and faculty to support the enhancement of knowledge and skills, and to provide access to NASA information in science, mathematics, technology, and geography.
• Curriculum Support and Dissemination - develop, utilize, and disseminate science, mathematics, technology, and geography instructional materials based on NASA's unique mission and results, and support the development of higher education curricula. • Educational Technology - research and develop products and services that facilitate the application of technology to enhance the educational process for formal and informal education and lifelong learning. • Research and Development - involve the education community, particularly higher education, in NASA programs that contribute to the development of new knowledge in support of the NASA mission, and utilize the talent and resources of the higher education community. Program Achievements:
• Excellence: NASA seeks to be judged by its customer, the education community, as providing excellent and valuable educational programs and services. • Involvement: NASA strives to involve the educational community in our endeavors. Therefore, at the proposed funding level, we seek to maintain a level of participant involvement of approximately 3 million with the education community, including teachers, faculty, and students. Progress toward this metric is measured in three ways: (1) total number of students/teachers/faculty involved in NASA education programs; (2) number of partnerships/collaborations; and (3) number of programs using NASA assets and types of assets used. Current Activities • The Space Science Student Involvement Program was redesigned and renamed the NASA Student Involvement Program (NSIP). The program promotes literacy in science, mathematics, and technology among more than 10,000 students in grades 3 -12. The redesigned program will ensure closer linkages with the NASA Enterprises and provide standards-based, hands-on, inquiry-oriented learning experiences. • NASA Education Workshops (NEW) provide an opportunity for approximately 400 practicing teachers to enhance their background and skills in science, mathematics, and technology. The program is competitive - 29 percent of applicants are accepted for this summer experience at NASA centers.
• The National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program continues to evolve as a national network of institutions with interests in aeronautics, Earth/space sciences, and technology. Space Grant Consortia are present in every state, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, involving more than 700 institutions. • The NASA Classroom of the Future (COTF) continues to be the major component of the educational technology program. The role of the COTF is to translate NASA technologies and research results into learning tools, demonstrations, and teacher enhancement programs that support standards-based education reform. • The Learning Technologies Program provides demonstration projects and on-line systems dedicated to bringing NASA science to teachers and students in the classroom, using examples from NASA's unique missions. The goal of this program is to accelerate the implementation of a national information infrastructure through NASA science, engineering, and technology contributions and facilitate the use of technologies within the K–12 education systems. The projects provide real and relevant content to enhance classroom curriculum. Published on 10th June 2002 (Based on Net resources - NASA facts)
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NASA's direction for education is set forth in the NASA Strategic Plan as one of the Agency's five contributions to the Nation's science and technology goals and priorities. We involve the educational community in our endeavors to inspire students, create learning opportunities, and enlighten inquisitive minds. This contribution is accomplished through implementation of a full range of NASA education programs and activities that contribute to the various efforts and activities of those involved with and in the education community, and benefit the participants as well as advance the mission of the Agency.
• Support for Systemic Improvement of Education - use NASA's unique assets to support local, state, regional, and national science, mathematics, technology, engineering, and geography education change efforts through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
Progress toward the Education Program goal of educational excellence is measured in two ways: excellence and involvement. 
• The Aerospace Education Services Program (AESP) delivers educational services on a state-by-state basis. AESP specialists are directly involved in supporting the states' systemic improvement efforts by providing technical linkages to NASA research and development and education programs and services. Each education specialist is assigned one or two states so they might become familiar with their states' science, mathematics, and technology education agenda and the education leaders within these states. This enables them to customize NASA's educational programs/services to support the individual state's education agenda.
