Established in 1994 by Bayer Corporation and several community partners, ASSET Inc. is an education improvement nonprofit dedicated to continuously improving teaching and learning. ASSET supports school districts in implementing a standards-based science education program through teacher professional development aligned with hands-on curriculum materials for grades K-8. In partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, ASSET also designs and manages Pennsylvania’s Science: It’s Elementary initiative, which garnered national attention from President Barack Obama, who singled out the program "as an example of state taking steps to encourage inquiry-based science statewide.”  ASSET currently impacts 180 school districts, 5,000 teachers and 142,000 students.