Regional Meeting for Systemic Reform Initiatives; December 12-15, 2001; San Antonio, Texas

西南教育发展实验室（SEDL）将于2001年12月12日至15日在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥为美国西南地区教育系统改革司（ESR）的19个受助人举行一次地区性会议。会议的目的是为这些获奖者提供有关数学和科学教育改革的关键问题和挑战的援助，并探索有效和有希望的策略来解决这些问题。会议有三个主要成果：(1)随着系统性改革举措的实施，对该地区共同的关键问题和挑战提供更深入的理解；(2)检查当前的研究和实践，以解决选定的问题和挑战，包括探索现有的示范实践；(3)通过与其他地区改革倡议建立有效的网络，分享信息、关注和问题，旨在建立获奖者解决问题和挑战的能力。会议的两个中心议题源于西南地区对可靠的优质数学和科学教师的日益增长的需求。

The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) will conduct a regional conference on December 12-15, 2001, in San Antonio, Texas, for the Division of Educational System Reform's (ESR) 19 grantees in the southwestern region of the nation. The purpose of the conference is to provide assistance to these awardees on critical issues and challenges related to educational reform in mathematics and science education and to explore effective and promising strategies to address these. The conference has three major outcomes: (1) to provide for a deeper understanding of common critical issues and challenges in the region as systemic reform initiatives are implemented; (2) to examine current research and practices that address the selected issues and challenges, including the exploration of existing exemplary practices; and (3) to share information, concerns, and questions through effective networking with other regional reform initiatives aimed at building the awardees' capacity to address the issues and challenges. The two central topics for the conference arise from the growing need in the Southwest for a reliable supply of quality mathematics and science teachers.