A bit of play on words, but today I received an email (which was sent to hundreds of people) from Kevin Knobloch, President of the Union of Concerned Scientists. In the letter, Knobloch, who sees the election of Obama as a historical moment for the Union of Concerned...
There was a very interesting article in the New York Times entitled High Schools to Cultivate Interest. The article focused in on a school district that is experimenting with "redefining traditional notions of a college-preparatory education and allowing students to...
In this post I want to announce a new website entitled: Science Curriculum---A Global Perspective. In the last two posts I alluded to science teaching from a global perspective. In the first of these two posts, entitled Infusing Global Thinking into science...
Some 15 years ago I met Boris Berenfeld, a scientist and researcher working at TERC (he is now a principal researcher at the Concord Consortium) on the Global Lab project, which was developed during the time I was working with colleagues in the US and Russia on the...
Some 15 years ago I met Boris Berenfeld, a scientist and researcher working at TERC (he is now a principal researcher at the Concord Consortium) on the Global Lab project, which was developed during the time I was working with colleagues in the US and Russia on the...
One of the leading groups of teachers who have designed action projects and lesson plans that focus on social justice is the iEARN (International Education and Resource Network). I met many of the teachers from iEARN when I was involved as the Director of the Global...
