TUESDAY, MAY 30
CLOSED SESSIONS
8:00 a.m.
OPEN SESSION
10:20 a.m.	Identifying and Developing STEM Talent The Center for Education is developing two related projects. One focuses on identifying and nurturing future STEM talent (focus on the middle school years).The other will look at the current fit of doctoral education in the sciences with STEM workforce needs and overall societal needs. The goal of this session is for the Board to learn more about these projects and to assess the level of Board interest.
	Marty Orland, Director, Center for Education, DBASSE
	Barbara Lovitts, Senior Program Officer, Center for Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering, NAE
	Rena Subotnik, Director, Center for Psychology in the Schools, American Psychological Association
CLOSED SESSIONS
11:00 a.m.
OPEN SESSIONS
1:00 p.m.	Discussion on Recruitment and Retention in First Two Years of Undergraduate, for Females and Minorities
	Presentation, Kathryn Borman, Professor of Anthropology, Alliance for Applied Research in Education and Anthropology, University of South Florida
	Chandra Muller, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
	This is part 2 of a discussion of diversity and equity in science education. Invited panel members are individuals currently working on studies that deal with both recruitment and retention issues in STEM. The intent of this session is to continue to help the board focus in on the questions they believe to be important in guiding an NRC consensus study. It was determined in December that a study might well focus on the first two years of undergraduate education as well as linkages to high school as a bridge to the undergraduate years. The goal is to decide on the focus and scope of the project such that staff can develop a prospectus following the board meeting.
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Legislative Activity: Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Congressional Staff Panel
	Presentations, Peter Rooney, Deputy Chief of Staff, House Committee on Science
	Jim Wilson, Democratic professional staff, House Committee on Science
	Carmel Martin, General Counsel and Chief Education Advisor to Senator Kennedy for the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
	Rising above the Gathering Storm, among other national reports, has been a catalyst for legislative activity at the federal level targeted at many elements of science education and what is termed the “STEM” pipeline. This session is designed to update Board members on this legislation as well as the policy concerns that have helped to shape it. Our guests for this session all have a role in considering STEM issues on the Hill.
6:00 p.m.	Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31
OPEN SESSION
9:00 a.m.	Conversation with Tom Luce, Assistant Secretary of Education; Sarah Dillard, Special Advisor, Office of planning, Department of Education
	Assistant Secretary of Education, Tom Luce, along with members of his staff met with individuals from the Board as well as other selected experts from the science education community in November, 2005. The conversation at this May 2006 meeting provides an opportunity to return to some of the ideas discussed in the earlier meeting about pressing needs in science education. It is also an opportunity for Mr. Luce and Ms. Dillard to reflect on their current thinking where science education and the Department of Education are concerned.