“Just” a Teacher
EdWeek recently ran an interesting article on the social status of teachers in this country vs abroad. The opening paragraphs of the article got me thinking right away: One of the most troubling things...
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ikenbot: Why Should You Be Scientifically Literate? Side Note: With all of these recent scientific discoveries and observations like the Higgs Boson particle being found, or the recent Venus transit...
View ArticleMan Up: Be a Teacher
Something about my visit to the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative a couple of weeks ago stuck with me, and it’s only recently that my percolating thoughts on the matter have condensed into...
View ArticleUm, Yes Actually, We Should Learn Hard Math
Andrew Hacker has written a mind-numbingly inane Op-Ed for the New York Times, entitled “Is Algebra Necessary?”, in which he opines: A typical American school day finds some six million high school...
View ArticleWhither Science Fiction?
Science fiction, like so many aspects of the world right now, feels like it is on the cusp of a major shaking up. One year ago, Neil Stephenson provoked a flurry of discussion with his article on the...
View ArticleBBC – Future – Science & Environment – Why everyone must understand science
Via BBC – Future – Science & Environment – Why everyone must understand science: People feel excluded by science and debates about science, they use laptops, they fly in planes, use appliances in...
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