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、路易斯安那和阿肯色州三角洲地区与K-12科学和数学有关的重大教育研究项目设计和奠定必要的基础。 该项目的优点是在一项既定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。 我们将汇集国家和区域研究人员，资源人员和从业人员的跨学科骨干，所有人都密切合作，发展伙伴关系和研究设计，这将导致主要的研究举措，重点是为贫困地区服务的系统性变化的基础，农村人口。

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.