Research designs on underpinnings of systemic changes in regions serving impoverished, rural populations

拟议拨款的目的是为密西西比州、路易斯安那州和阿肯色州三角洲地区与K-12科学和数学相关的主要教育研究项目设计和奠定必要的基础。该项目的优势在于，它是在一个已确立的重大系统性改革倡议——三角洲农村系统性倡议——的框架内开展工作的。我们将汇集一支由国家和地区研究人员、资源人员和实践者组成的跨学科骨干队伍，所有人都将密切合作，发展伙伴关系和研究设计，这将导致主要的研究计划，重点关注为贫困农村人口服务的地区进行系统性变革的基础。

The purpose of the proposed grant is to design and lay the necessary groundwork for major education research projects related to K-12 science and mathematics in the Delta resgion of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. This project provides the advantage of working within the framework of an established major systemic reform initiative, The Delta Rural Systemic Inititiative. We will bring together an interdisciplinary cadre of national and regional researchers, resouce personnel and practitioners, all working in close collaborat8ion, to develop partnerships and research designs which will lead to major research initiatives focused on the underpinnings of systemic changes in regions serving impoverished, rural populations.