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From TheFutureOfLife.com on March 7, 2003

"How Current Are Our Classrooms?" is a 75-minute panel discussion held February 20, 2003 at THE FUTURE OF LIFE SUMMIT. A limited number of VHS copies are available to educators through the TIME Classroom Program; to request a VHS tape, contact Bennett Singer at Bennett_Singer@timemagazine.com

Summary: The discussion focused on issues related to the fact that the rate of change spurred by new discoveries and innovative applications in the life sciences has outpaced our schools and public knowledge. How can the education system cope with this? How are teachers incorporating (or not) new perspectives into their curricula? What role can informal education play? How do we keep the next generation of scientists and science enthusiasts curious?

Panelists:
Francis S. Collins, Director,
National Human Genome Research Institute,
National Institutes of Health
Richard Dawkins, Simonyi Professor For The Public Understanding of Science,
University of Oxford
John Gage, Chief Researcher and Director of the Science Office,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Chrysi Notskas, Director of Research in Mathematics and Science,
Half Hollow Hills School District
John Utting, Teacher,
Advanced Placement Biology
Stuyvesant High School

Moderator:
Robert Semper, Executive Associate Director,
Exploratorium

Introduction:
Eileen Naughton, President,
TIME Magazine

TIME MAGAZINE and THE VAN HEYST GROUP wish to thank all participants, including the 10 teachers who were awarded TIME Magazine's "21st Century Literacy Fellowships" funded by the AOL Time Warner Foundation. The teachers were recommended by Science Service, administrator of the Intel Science Talent Search, for their success in coaching winning students.