March 15, 2004

Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-0836)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N04-041

NASA PARTICIPATES IN FIRST WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE EDUCATION SUMMIT

NASA is participating tomorrow in the first White House Science 
Summit. More than 800 educators, researchers, scientists, and 
business leaders are expected to attend. 

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe will speak at the Summit's opening 
ceremony at 8:35 a.m. EST. He will participate in a media 
availability with Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige and Dr. 
John Marburger of the White House Office of Science and Technology 
Policy at 9:30 a.m. EST. 

The Summit, at the Washington Hilton Hotel, includes an Expo of 
science, technology, and math exhibits from 29 federal agencies. The 
Expo features innovative teaching, curricula, and panel discussions 
with experts from government, academia and industry. 

The Science Summit is part of a multi-agency effort to improve 
national science education. It follows the work of last year's Math 
Summit. Both are part of the President's Mathematics and Science 
Initiative, developed and implemented by the Department of Education, 
NASA, National Science Foundation and other federal agencies involved 
in education and workforce development. 

For information about the Summit on the Internet, visit 

http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/progs/mathscience/index.html  

For information about NASA education programs on the Internet, visit: 

http://education.nasa.gov 

For information about NASA on the Internet, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

	
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