Last month in a blog post, I raised questions about the new framework for a new generation of science standards, funded by the Carnegie Corporation, and developed by the National Research Council. In particular I looked at the...
Read MoreLast month in a blog post, I raised questions about the new framework for a new generation of science standards, funded by the Carnegie Corporation, and developed by the National Research Council. In particular I looked at the...
Read MoreIn my last post on this blog, I discussed how Native science can inform about global climate change. Some might say this is a stretch. I do not. In the Native science view of the environment, human communities are an integral...
Read MoreI wrote to a friend of mine who lives in Moscow, Russia to find out how he was doing with the extreme heat and fires that are creating the worst air pollution event in Moscow’s history. He told me that he has been able to...
Read MoreThere was an interesting article in USA Today raising questions about the use of e-readers, in particular, the iPad in higher education. Many of us who use these tools (right now my wife and I are on trip in the US Southwest...
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