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Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Headquarters, Washington                 March 24, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-0836)

Kit Thompson
Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
(Phone: 212/782-3486)

RELEASE: 03-114

NASA TEAMS WITH NATIONAL EDUCATION PUBLISHER

     NASA and Pearson Scott Foresman (PSF), the leading pre-
K-6 educational publisher, will formally announce an 
agreement on Thursday, March 27 at 10:00 a.m. EST at 
Overbrook Elementary School in Philadelphia.

The goal of the partnership is to create a multi-faceted 
project to spark student imagination, encourage interest in 
space exploration, and enhance elementary science curricula. 

Under the terms of the special relationship, PSF (a business 
of Pearson Education) editors and authors will draw upon 
NASA's rich archival material and extensive research in 
biological, physical, earth and space sciences to create the 
Scott Foresman Science series for elementary levels. NASA 
experts will review the content, and PSF will ensure the 
curricula reflects the National Science Education Standards, 
Project 2061 Benchmarks, and specific, targeted state 
standards. 

"One of NASA's most important goals is to continue to 
motivate students to pursue careers in science, mathematics, 
engineering and technology," said Dr. Adena Williams Loston, 
NASA Associate Administrator, Office of Education. "Our work 
with Pearson Scott Foresman will allow us to reach students 
at a young age, and inspire them by connecting science 
content in the classroom with compelling real-world 
experiences," she said. 

Before the new PSF series is published, specific lessons will 
be developed for students and teachers that follow the steps 
that Barbara Morgan, NASA's first Educator Astronaut and a 
second and third grade teacher, will take in preparation for 
flight into space. 

"We want students and teachers to see learning in a whole new 
light," said Paul McFall, president, PSF. "Our goal with NASA 
is to produce a highly engaging, standards-based science 
curriculum that encourages students to want to learn more 
about science, exploration, and the possibilities of human 
endeavor," he said.

Educating more than 100 million people worldwide, Pearson 
Education is the global leader in educational publishing. 
With brands such as Pearson Prentice Hall, Pearson Scott 
Foresman, Pearson Longman, Pearson Education Technologies, 
and many others, Pearson Education provides quality 
professional development, content, assessment tools and 
educational services in all available media to a worldwide 
marketplace, spanning the learning continuum from birth 
through college and beyond.

Pearson Education is part of Pearson, the international media 
company, whose primary operations also include the Financial 
Times Group and the Penguin Group.

For more information about NASA's Educator Astronaut Program, 
on the Internet visit:

http://edspace.nasa.gov/

For more information about NASA, on the Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/

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