PreConference Keynote Heidi Schweingruber

PreConference Keynote, Thursday, October 13, 2022
Heidi Schweingruber, PhD
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM)

Heidi Schweingruber, Ph.D., is the director of the Board on Science Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM). In that role, she oversees a portfolio of work that includes K-12 science education, informal science education and higher education. Dr. Schweingruber joined the staff of the board in 2004 starting as a senior program officer. In this role, she directed or co-directed several projects including the study that resulted in the reportAFramework for K-12 Science Education (2011) which served as the blueprint for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Most recently, she co-directed the study that produced the 2021 report Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future. Dr. Schweingruber is a nationally recognized leader in leveraging research findings to catalyze improvements in science and STEM education policy and practice. She presents widely on the work of the board. Dr. Schweingruber holds a Ph.D. in psychology (developmental) and anthropology, and a certificate in culture and cognition from the University of Michigan.

Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future
9:15am - 10:15am

This session will provide an overview of the Call to Action for Science Education, a report developed by a committee convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The report identifies effective science education practices and lays out major challenges for implementing a coherent K-16 science education program. It calls on federal agencies, state and local governments, and other stakeholders to make science education a core national priority and to provide local communities with the resources they need to deliver equitable science education and track progress. Dr. Schweingruber will discuss the Call to Action, the vision it puts forward for an equitable and cohesive science education system, and the critical role science educators will have in this extraordinary community effort to transform science education.