In earlier posts on this Weblog, I introduced readers to ScienceDebate2008, a citizen effort to engage the US presidential candidates in a real debate on science, technology and society. The debates never happened, but each candidate (science advisors, I suppose)...
I am writing this hours before we know the result of today's election for President. Some thoughts about science and science education and how they might be affected by the election of John McCain or Barack Obama. Over the past several months ScienceDebate2008 has not...
Last week, ScienceDebate 2008 held a conference at the University of Minnesota. The conference was the result of a grass roots campaign hoping to engage Barack Obama and John McCain in a real debate on science and technology. That conference never happened, although...
I ask this as a question, rather than making it a declarative statement. But I was prompted to write about this topic based on a lead article in yesterday's USA Today entitled Teachers take test scores to the bank as bonuses. The author described some examples of...
There is new weblog on the New York Times website that I want to mention today, and it is called Green Inc.: Energy, the Environment and the Bottom Line. Developed by three environmental educators and writers, this weblog focuses on the following: How will the...
You can find the answers to 14 science questions that were submitted to Barack Obama and John McCain at the Science Debate website. Starting in 2007, a small group of individuals began working on the possibility of having a debate between the two candidates focusing...
