Board on Science Education

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Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate, Committee Meeting #5

February 5 - 6, 2026

Upcoming

About

The Committee on Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate is hosting its fifth meeting, which will include all closed sessions.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

Organizing Project

Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate

Contact

LaChelle Thompson

(202) 334-3221
LThompson@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

2026 Core Member Annual Meeting: Collaborative for Advancing Science Teaching and Learning in K-12

February 3 - 4, 2026

Upcoming

About

Members of the Collaborative for Advancing Science Teaching and Learning in K-12 will meet over two days at the National Academy of Sciences' Building in Washington, DC to continue their work building cross-sector networks and relationships, engaging with research from the Board on Science Education, and consider how technology and artifical intelligence may continue to impact science education.

Organizing Project

Collaborative for Advancing Science Teaching and Learning in K-12

Contact

Lauren Ryan

(202) 334-2065
LRyan@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Board on Science Education, Meeting #44

January 5 - 6, 2026

Upcoming

About

This will be 44th Meeting of the Board on Science Education to be held at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA.

Additional information will be forthcoming.

Contact

Margaret Kelly

(202) 334-1529
mkelly@nas.edu

Location

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center

100 Academy Way

Irvine CA 92617, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Workshop

Status of the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop

November 17 - 18, 2025

Past

Agenda

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Materials

About

A workshop will explore changes since the 2012 publication of Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering. The two-day workshop will bring together experts to discuss discipline-based education research in mathematics, science, and engineering. Sessions will focus on current theory and methods for discipline-based education research, the value of DBER to postsecondary education, and how to support a thriving DBER community for the future.

Organizing Project

Status of the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop

Contact

Lucy oliveros

(202) 334-1916
loliveros@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Webinar

Advancing High-Quality Science Journalism: Challenges and Pathways Forward

November 13, 2025

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (ET)

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Discussion

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Materials

About

Journalists play a critical role in providing accurate, timely, and trustworthy science information to the public. Yet, a number of factors within journalism—decreased funding, shrinking newsrooms, media deregulation, reduced access to high-quality science information and scientific sources—have hampered the quantity and quality of science news, creating fertile ground for science misinformation to more easily spread. At the same time, some journalistic norms and practices can make science reporting particularly prone to the unintentional spread of misinformation, and public trust and confidence in the press continues to wane. This webinar will discuss the challenges to reporting on science in today's landscape and surface the needs and opportunities for bolstering science, health, and medical journalism.

Moderator:

Lauren Feldman, Professor and Chair of Journalism & Media Studies, Rutgers University

Panelists:

Tracy Baim, Executive Director, Press Forward Chicago
Siri Carpenter, Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief, The Open Notebook
Tim Franklin, Sr. Associate Dean, Director, Medill Local News Initiative, Northwestern University
Duy Linh Nguyen Tu, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Journalism School

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Not Closed

Organizing Project

Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science

Contact

Contact us

sciencemisinformation@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate, Committee Meeting #4

November 7 - 14, 2025

Past

Agenda

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About

The committe on Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate will host their fourth meeting virtually.

The public sessions will be held:

Friday, November 7, 2025, 12:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time

Monday, November 10, 2025, 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Eastern Time

Panelists:

Jenny Benz, NORC Center for Public Affairs

John Besley, Michigan State University

Teresa Cavazos Cohn, University of New Hampshire

Radhika Iyengar, University of Columbia

Mario Piacentini, OECD

Ingrid Sanchez-Tapia, UNICEF

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Maya Garcia
Daniel Oerther
Leigh Peake
Rajul Pandya
Asli Sezen-Barrie
Joseph A. Henderson
Leigh Peake
Martha Monroe
Anna Lees
Reginald Archer
Eric Jolly
Alison Rellinger
Joseph Kahne
Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom
Noah Weeth Feinstein
Arun Agrawal

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Commissioned paper SOT
Findings/Conclusions/Recommendations

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

N/A

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

November 17, 2025

Organizing Project

Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate

Contact

LaChelle Thompson

(202) 334-3221
LThompson@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Symposium

Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science: A Symposium

September 25, 2025

9:15 AM - 3:30 PM (ET)

Past

Agenda

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Materials

2 - Presenter Biographies

About

Join the Board on Science Education for a one-day hybrid event that will bring together leaders across domains to discuss the key insights and recommendations from the recently released consensus study report, Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science, and identify opportunities for multi-sectoral action.

This report is a comprehensive assessment of the available evidence on the nature, scope, and impacts of misinformation about science and reflects a systems view of the phenomenon given the broader contexts and challenges that shape people’s lived experiences and their relationships to information. The report also provides guidance on interventions, policies, and future research toward mitigating potential harms from misinformation about science across a diversity of individuals, communities, and societies.

Additional Information

Organizing Project

Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science

Contact

Contact us

sciencemisinformation@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Board on Science Education - NASEM Restructuring Meeting

September 24, 2025

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)

Past

About

The Board of the Science Education will meet to discuss the current restructuring plans occurring in NASEM.

Contact

Margaret Kelly

(202) 334-1529
mkelly@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate, Committee Meeting #3 and Workshop

September 8 - 10, 2025

Past

Agenda

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Materials

Panelists Biographies

About

The Committee on Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate will host its third meeting, which will include a public workshop.

The open session will be held over two days, with both in-person and virtual participation options:

Day 1: Monday, September 8, 2025 | 1:00–5:00 p.m. ET
Day 2: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET
Location: National Academies of Sciences Building, Washington, DC

Workshop panels:

Learning Ecosystems for Thriving in a Changing Climate
Work-based Learning Experiences for Thriving in a Changing Climate
State Policies Related to Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate
Economic Considerations for Thriving in a Changing Climate
Community and Civic Learning and Action for Thriving in a Changing Climate

Panelists:

Daniel Aldana Cohen, UC Berkeley Sociology
Claire Anderson, Executive Director and Co-founder, Ripple Effect Water Literacy Project
Phil Bell, University of Washington
Sarah Bodor, North American Association for Environmental Education (NAEE)
Jenn Brousseau, University of New England
Madeleine Chaisson, Jobs for the Future
Laura Downey, Kansas
Marijke Hecht, Assistant Professor of Environmental Education, Ohio State University
Andrés Henríquez, EDC
Ruth Kermish-Allen, MMSA
Pushpam Kumar, Chief Environmental Economist UN Environmental Programme
Christina Kwauk, Unbounded Associates
Mark Lee, Spelman College
Kal Mannis, Arizona Science Center
Meghan Millea, Professor of Economics, East Carolina University
Katie Navin, Executive Director, Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
Renata Rimšaite, Senior Program Manager, University of Nebraska Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
Audra Watson, Institute for Citizens and Scholars
Jon Wickert, DE Department of Education

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Eric Jolly
Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom
Anna Lees
Joesph Kahne
Daniel Oerther
Alison Rellinger
Leigh Peake
Rajul Pandya
Joesph Henderson
Martha Monroe
Reginald Archer
Maya Garcia
Noah Weeth Feinstein
KC Busch

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Chapter work
Outline Revision

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

Briefing Book

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

September 10, 2025

Organizing Project

Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate

Contact

LaChelle Thompson

(202) 334-3221
LThompson@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Status of the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop - Planning Meeting #8

August 22, 2025

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

Past

About

The planning committee for the Status on the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop, will convene for an eighth virtual closed session planning meeting. The committee will continue to develop the agenda and work on finalizing session panelists for the workshop that will be held on November 17-18, 2025.

Organizing Project

Status of the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop

Contact

Lucy oliveros

(202) 334-1916
loliveros@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Status of the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop - Planning Meeting #7

August 14, 2025

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (ET)

Past

About

The planning committee for the Status on the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop, will convene for a seventh virtual closed session planning meeting. The committee will continue to develop the agenda for the workshop that will be held on November 17-18, 2025.

Organizing Project

Status of the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop

Contact

Lucy oliveros

(202) 334-1916
loliveros@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Workshop on the Status of the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: Planning Meeting #6

July 23, 2025

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)

Past

About

The planning committee for the Status on the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop, will convene for a sixth virtual closed session planning meeting. The committee will continue to develop the agenda for the workshop that will be held on November 17-18, 2025.

Organizing Project

Status of the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop

Contact

Lucy oliveros

(202) 334-1916
loliveros@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Inaugural Public Summit: Collaborative for Advancing Science Teaching and Learning in K-12

July 17 - 18, 2025

Past

About

Members of the Collaborative for Advancing Science Teaching and Learning in K-12 will meet at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA, over two days to continue their work building cross-sector networks and relationships, engaging with research from the Board on Science Education, and crafting messages about the importance of their work.

The public is invited to watch our Keynote Address, Communicating Science in Challenging Times: Communities, Partnerships, and Meeting the Moment, which Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan, and Rajul Pandya, Arizona State University, will deliver on Thursday, July 17, from 11:45 AM-12:30 PM PT.

Organizing Project

Collaborative for Advancing Science Teaching and Learning in K-12

Contact

Lauren Ryan

(202) 334-2065
LRyan@nas.edu

Location

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center

100 Academy Way

Irvine CA 92617, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Workshop on the Status of the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: Planning Meeting #5

July 16, 2025

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)

Past

About

The planning committee for the Status on the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop, will convene for a fifth virtual closed session planning meeting. The committee will continue to develop the agenda for the workshop that will be held on November 17-18, 2025.

Organizing Project

Status of the Field of Discipline-Based Education Research: A Workshop

Contact

Lucy oliveros

(202) 334-1916
loliveros@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate, Committee Meeting #2

July 14 - 22, 2025

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Agenda

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Materials

Panelists Biographies

About

If toy having issues accessing the Open Session please tap the following link: https://nasem.zoom.us/j/98026742710

The Committee on Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate will hold its second meeting virtually over three days—July 14, 15, and 22, 2025—with sessions held in both open and closed formats.

As part of this meeting, a public information-gathering session will be held during the open portions of the meeting. The open sessions will take place at the following times (Eastern Time):

Monday, July 14, 2025 | 12:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 | 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM

Please join us to discuss the following topics:
Community Learning and Action: Panelists will describe promising models and evidence for community-based learning and actions.
Networks for Learning: Panelists will describe how learning occurs in schools, informal education institutions (e.g., museums, libraries), and in daily life as well as the connections between those learning environments.
Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science: Committee members and the study director from the recent BOSE report Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science will present an overview of the report.
Frameworks of Thriving: Panelists will present different perspectives of how individuals and communities thrive under adverse conditions.

Panelists:

Nicole Ardoin, Stanford University

Megan Bang, Northwestern University

David Blockstein, Solve Climate by 2030, Bard College

Roxana Chicas, Emory University

Cindy Cooper, Engineering for One Planet and The Lemelson Foundation

Randall Curren, University of Rochester

Lauren Feldman, Rutgers University

Teddie Potter, University of Minnesota

Stylianos Syropoulos, Arizona State University

Tiffany Taylor, National Academies - Board on Science Education

Mya Thompson, Cornell Lab

Vish Viswanath, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Eric J. Jolly
Arun Agrawal
Reginald Archer
K.C. Busch
Noah Weeth Feinstein
Maya M. Garcia
Joseph Henderson
Joseph Kahne
Martha Monroe
Daniel Oerther
Rajul Pandya
Leigh F. Peake
Alison Rellinger
Asli Sezen-Barrie
Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Gather information from expert speakers.
Identify key experts to be invited to the workshop.
Identify commissioned paper topics.
Discuss report outline.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

N/A

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

July 16, 2025

Organizing Project

Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate

Contact

LaChelle Thompson

(202) 334-3221
LThompson@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate, Committee Meeting #5

2026 Core Member Annual Meeting: Collaborative for Advancing Science Teaching and Learning in K-12