Consortium of Local Education

Other support materials are available from Local Education Authorities (these organisations often run INSET courses concerned with safety in primary science), the Consortium of Local Education Authorities for the Provision of School Science (CLEAPSS) Service and the Scottish Schools Equipment Research Centre (SSERC). 

Merck has wonderful attitudes [toward philantropy]— it s how they do R D. You see what went wrong, and try again, says Tom Corcoran, codirector of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at the University of Pennsylvania, a group of five universities that works on state and local education policy for the U.S. Department of Education. In particular, Corcoran has been evaluating Merck s science education project in the New Jersey and Pennsylvania schools. The company made some mistakes in... 

There is an urgent need for of eco-friendly partnerships between private industry and public welfare institutions. Effective communications systems and critical-thinking skills are needed for the broad dissemination of ecological principles across traditional disciplines. The formation of public values that take into consideration the effect of human activity on other life systems should be part of the essential core curriculum at all levels of education. Such partnerships go beyond the local community to include international consortiums concerned with the full range of effects of commodities exchange, the genetic transfer of plants and animals, effective sanitation and waste-disposal practices, and the disciplined use and distribution of chemical substances. 

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