San Franscisco State University
Highly reliable norms-based assessment available
Benetech
General Public License allows all to access NIMAS Validator
Benetech
NIMAS book repository expands
Straight Ahead Pictures
28,000 per month visit virtual Disability History Museum
Scholarship America
More than $15 million in scholarships to 686 students since 9/11
WestEd
Terminology and partnerships that reach general and special educators alike
TERC
3D interactive
Signing Science Dictionary for elementary and middle-grade deaf students
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
29 recording studios nationwide
Science Service
6,100 middle school students, 182 classroom visits, 103 scientists!
Benetech
A new way for schools to provide accessible digital books to their students
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Students love the vastly improved ability to navigate through a text to find the information they need, without the hassle of rewinding, fast forwarding or counting beep tones to find a page, as they have to do with analog cassettes.
Music and Arts Center for Humanity
Offered by the National Resource Center for Blind Musicians
Network for Instructional TV (NITV)
Includes Effective Resources for Educators and Disabled Youth (E-READY)
CAST
Software acknowledges differences among learners
Benetech
Excitement over prompt availability of new titles as scanned books
M.I.N.D. Institute
21.1 percentile point improvement for 3rd grade math students
MATHCOUNTS
Dozens of middle school students and teacher/coaches provide feedback
WiredKids.org
Educators and librarians identify top educational sites to world's largest online safety and help organization
WiredKids.org
World's largest online safety and help organization names best sites
Scholarship America
As of March 2003, the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund has distributed more than $1.7 million in educational assistance to 185 students. Average scholarship award is $13,100.
Scholarship America
Profiles of two recipients
Chabot Space & Science Center
Planetary Landscapes Sculpting the Solar System models integration of art and science
Scholarship America
$125 million raised for education assistance for dependents of those killed or permanently disabled as a result of the September 11 attacks
Center for Excellence in Education
Outstanding national performance among participants
National Public Radio (NPR)
Science programming helps to encourage science and technology literacy
Georgia Institute of Technology
Barrier Free Education Web site
Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Education (FASE)
1,000 middle-school math problems in database, searchable by math topic and grade level
Straight Ahead Pictures
Includes role that people with disabilities as a community have had in shaping useful assistive technology products, with wheelchairs and hearing aids selected as case studies
ZEUM
ZEUM showcases new media tools and invites kids to take charge of them
WETA
The authoritative web resource on learning disabilities
University of Washington, College of Engineering
DO-IT prepares teens with disabilities and helps postsecondary faculty more fully include students with disabilities in their courses.
Straight Ahead Pictures
The first major exhibit on the history of assistive technology
Space Center Houston
Bringing the mystery of the universe to people of all ages to explore
Public Education Network
Creating High-Quality Public Schools for Every Child
National Public Radio
A radio discussion forum devoted to the understanding of complex scientific topics and methods
National Academy of Sciences
"The project has been a unique and productive learning experience for all of us...."
Junior Engineering Technical Society
Each year, over 2,000 high school students from 200 high schools nationwide compete in NEDC
The JASON Foundation for Education
"The coolest thing about JASON is that it still manages to excite kids about ... the wonderfully mysterious world and our importance in and to it."
Girl Scouts of the USA
Hands-on science activities for elementary- and middle-school scouts
Gallaudet University
SOAR-High Earth Systems Science, A Clerc Center Distance Learning Course
Foundation for Exceptional Children
Impact extends to schools, community-based organizations and educational institutions ...
Chicago Academy of Sciences
A nationwide group of 4th through 8th grade students and teachers are members of CAoS Club
Chabot Space & Science Center
An innovative program focusing on astronomy and the inter-relationship between all sciences ...
CAST
Making technology-based literacy a reality for at-risk children and adults ...
Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
The first stand-alone science education laboratory built for the education of blind and visually impaired children...