Science is a Way of Thinking: So, Why Do We Try and Standardize it?
Figure 1. Carl Sagan and the Universe. Copyright sillyrabbitmythsare4kids, Creative Commons...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Mar 10, 2014 | Inquiry, Science, Science Inquiry, Science Standards
Figure 1. Carl Sagan and the Universe. Copyright sillyrabbitmythsare4kids, Creative Commons...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Mar 9, 2014 | Curriculum, Progressive World-View, Reform
Figure 1. Unbound Learning Learning is limited by the test-based and standards-based accountability system that holds the reins on the curriculum of American schools. One of the consequences of this system of...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Mar 7, 2014 | Science, Science Inquiry
This is Part One of Bill Moyers’ interview with astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium, at the American Museum of Natural History. In the interviews with Moyers, Dr. Tyson...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Mar 6, 2014 | Common Core, Politics, Standards
Figure 1. High School mathematics teacher. Creative Commons Attribution.[/caption] The Georgia legislature has already passed a bill in the Senate (SB 167) that will essentially opt the state out of the Common Core State...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Mar 6, 2014 | Politics, Standards
In an article published at the PeachPundit, the author, Charlie Harper suggests the Georgia Senate Bill 167 is an anti-science bill. In this post, I want to add to Mr. Harper’s conclusion that the action of the Georgia...
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