Yes, the U.S. Congress did pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), but within Congress—in the House—there was clear evidence of “scientific illiteracy.” And no, it was not...
Read MoreThere is a very interesting book by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum that will be published in July. It is titled Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens America. The authors explore the rift between science...
Read MoreLast night my wife and I had dinner with very close friends of ours, Jenny & Dennis Springer. Dr. Jenny Springer, former principal of Dunwoody High School, and Associate Superintendent of Dekalb County Schools (Georgia) was...
Read MoreWithin the science education community there has been a movement to explore the relationships among science, technology and society (STS), and this movement has a long history. In fact, its history parallels the more...
Read MoreI’ve been away on a trip to England for the past two weeks; this is the first post since the trip. On my way out of the Atlanta airport, I scanned the headlines of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) and read the cover...
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