In this post I am going to argue that it is a mistake for large school districts such as Chicago, New York, and Atlanta to close schools on the basis of achievement and cost effectiveness. The Chicago School District announced that they plan to close 61 schools which...
We introduced this topic yesterday and referred to an Associated Press story, in which Richard Leakey suggests that the debate over evolution will end sometime over the next 15 to 30 years. Leakey's thesis was: If you get to the stage where you can persuade people on...
Richard Leakey says that looking at the past the way paleontologists and anthropologist do can teach us much about the future. He points out that extinction is one of the most common types of phenomena observed in nature, and that extinctions are related to...
At Cambridge University you can access original copies of Sir Isaac Newton's works including his college notebook (1664 - 1665), Early Papers, Notebook on Hydrostatics, Optics, Sound and Heat (1672 - 1706), his own copy of Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica...
At Cambridge University you can access original copies of Sir Isaac Newton's works including his college notebook (1664 - 1665), Early Papers, Notebook on Hydrostatics, Optics, Sound and Heat (1672 - 1706), his own copy of Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica...
Lori Kobelan emailed me linking me to Education Hall of Fame: 10 Teachers who made history. Throughout our experience as a student, we all had at least one "hall of fame" teacher, a teacher that inspired us, believed in us, and showed us the way out of the woods. Here...
