Evolution of Kansas?
Tuesday’s vote in the State School Board elections in Kansas resulted in the ouster of the conservative majority which favored putting evolution under review (and only evolution—no other science concepts and ideas...
Read MoreToto: I Think We ARE in Kansas!
Yes, Kansas is back in the news again regarding the nature of science, evolution, and the Kansas State School Board. Elections for half of the seats on the board are next Tuesday. In a New York Times article, Evolution’s...
Read MoreStem Cell Research Issues
Since the recent bill proposed by the Senate to support embryonic stem cell research through NIH funding, and the subsequent veto by the President, considerable discussion has ensued from each side of the issue. Today’s...
Read MoreThe Power of Teachers' Beliefs
There was an interesting article in today’s New York Times, The Unfailing Belief in the Power of Teaching by David M. Herszenhorn. It’s a story about Andres Alonso, whose family, when he was 12, fled Cuba and settled...
Read MoreThe Power of Teachers’ Beliefs
There was an interesting article in today’s New York Times, The Unfailing Belief in the Power of Teaching by David M. Herszenhorn. It’s a story about Andres Alonso, whose family, when he was 12, fled Cuba and settled...
Read MoreThe Stem Cell Research Issue
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...
Read MorePart Deux: No Child Left Behind "Needs Improvement"
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...
Read MorePart Deux: No Child Left Behind “Needs Improvement”
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...
Read MoreDiscovery Returns to Florida
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...
Read MoreNo Child Left Behind "Needs Improvement"
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...
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