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The Gobbledygook of Florida Teacher Evaluations

by Jack Hassard | Feb 28, 2014 | Teacher Evaluation, Teachers

Figure 1. Words used to describe the statistical model used to evaluate a classroom teacher in...

Science Ideas Have a History: The Case for Interdisciplinary Thinking

by Jack Hassard | Feb 28, 2014 | Systems Thinking

Latest Story Figure 1. How was this tool used to “discover” the background radiation made by the Big Bang? In a piece published on the Chronicle of Higher Education, Alejandra Dubcovsky, professor of history at Yale...

Changing Public Education from the Ground UP: The Network for Public Education

by Jack Hassard | Feb 27, 2014 | Reform, Social Activism

Latest Story The first conference of The Network for Public Education (NPE) will be held this weekend at the University of Texas. NPE, formed by Diane Ravitch, is an advocacy group whose goal is to protect, preserve, and...

Why Are Scientists Abandoning Their Research?

by Jack Hassard | Feb 24, 2014 | Higher Education

Copyright All rights reserved by Dartmouth Flickr Why are scientist abandoning their research, and if they are what does this say about the looming STEM crisis that the nation faces, at least according to the Obama...

Jack Hills Zircon: Evidence of a Very Old Earth

by Jack Hassard | Feb 24, 2014 | Earth Science, Geology, Science Inquiry

Latest Story In a report published in Nature Geoscience, a scientific team studying rocks in Australia, used Australian zircons in the Jack Hills that are embedded in the rocks to decide the age and history of these rocks. They...