Jack Hassard

The Stem Cell Research Issue

Posted by Jack Hassard | Jul 21, 2006 | Biology

This week the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would have allowed researchers to do continued stem cell research. As promised, President Bush vetoed the bill a day after it passed in the senate. NPR provided a detailed time-line...

Part Deux: No Child Left Behind “Needs Improvement”

Posted by Jack Hassard | Jul 17, 2006 | Assessment

There is a high school in a Georgia County (in the Metro-Atlanta area) that will remain nameless. I know about the school because I lived within two miles of it. I could be writing about any school in the State or the nation for...

Part Deux: No Child Left Behind "Needs Improvement"

Posted by Jack Hassard | Jul 17, 2006 | Assessment

Discovery Returns to Florida

Posted by Jack Hassard | Jul 17, 2006 | Space Science

Space Shuttle Discovery returned safely to Florida after a really important mission for NASA’s astronaut corp, and the Space Station. After three space walks, transferring thousands of pounds of supplies, and removing...

No Child Left Behind “Needs Improvement”

Posted by Jack Hassard | Jul 15, 2006 | Assessment, Reform

Into today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper, the article “Long road to school sanctions” underscored the dilemma that this country is in with regard to the education of youth. Instead of educating...