Science educators, especially during the past 50 years, have been instrumental in developing curriculum and teaching methods that are intelligent, prudent, reflective, and thoughtful. Underlying science education has been the...
Read MoreScience educators, especially during the past 50 years, have been instrumental in developing curriculum and teaching methods that are intelligent, prudent, reflective, and thoughtful. Underlying science education has been the...
Read MoreThis post was also published on Anthony Cody’s blog, Living in Dialog at Education Week, January 15, 2012. The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) wants to insure that every teacher in the U.S. is evaluated on the basis on...
Read MoreThis post was also published on Anthony Cody’s blog, Living in Dialog at Education Week, January 15, 2012. The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) wants to insure that every teacher in the U.S. is evaluated on the basis on...
Read MoreAspiring teachers can find their way to teaching in one of two pathways, teacher education programs (TE) at public and private universities or alternative programs, such Teach for America (TFA). Although there are mixed...
Read MoreI’ve started reading Corporations are not People by Jeffrey Clements and with a forward by Bill Moyers. On this post, and many other blogs (1,2,3 for example), the “reform” of education in the interests of...
Read MoreToday, I wrote a comment on the United Opt Out National website which has been organized by prominent educators as a movement to end punitive public school testing. According to the organizers of United Opt Out National,...
Read MoreThis blog was begun in 2005 with the publication of the first edition of The Art of Teaching Science. Six hundred or so posts later, we find ourselves in at the end of 2011. This year, we published four eBooks based on blog...
Read MoreThere was an article in the Washington Post entitled In Russia, The Lost Generation of Science. The article, by Will England, focuses specifically on Pushchino, a little known city south of Moscow, and the status of science in...
Read MoreDear President Obama, Educational reform is in need of your attention and help. The 2012 election is only 11 months away, and I am writing this letter to you and your team for consideration as a policy statement as you outline...
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