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The Smithsonian Science Education Center (formerly National Science Resources Center) was founded in 1985 to improve the K-12 teaching and learning of science for all students. With this mission in mind, the SSEC developed the Science Education Strategic Planning Institutes to help educational leadership at all levels understand and implement the LASER Model in their localities. Since 1989, over 70 Institutes have been held to guide leadership teams through the development of a five-year strategic plan.