Research for Better Schools

Research for Better Schools "RBS is a private, nonprofit educational organization funded primarily through grants and contracts from the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, Mid-Atlantic state departments of education, institutions of higher education, foundations, and school districts...

"RBS partners with state departments of education, schools, professional development providers, universities, and others to encourage deeper understanding of important education-related issues such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), closing the achievement gap, and standards-based instruction. RBS also has a publishing division that develops and disseminates hundreds of professional educational products in print and electronic media."

Directors
Accessed December 2008:


 * John F. Bloh (Secretary/Treasurer)
 * Thomas P. Carey
 * Deborah Cook
 * Robert Gabrys (President) -Chief, Education Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
 * Theodore Johnson
 * Keith M. Kershner (Ex officio) - Executive Director, RBS
 * Robert W. Rescigno - First Vice President, MBNA Foundation

Contact

 * Web: http://www.rbs.org