In the last post, I called into question a recent editorial in the leading research journal in science education (Journal of Research in Science Teaching). The recommendations suggested were made more than 2 decades ago in a report that I sited (A Nation at Risk), and...
In the most recent issue of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching appeared an editorial entitled: Preparing the 21st Century Workforce: A New Reform in Science and Technology Education . After reading it, I thought I was teleported back to 1983 when I read the...
There has recently been a flurry of letters to editor in the Marietta Daily Journal (Georgia) that were promted by a editorial two weeks ago by a Rev. Price concerning intelligent design. There has also been another subset of letters prompted by a Jeffrey Selman who...
The Cobb County Power to Learn laptop program, which was planned by Cobb County administrators and teachers, represented a totally new way that students could be educated. Imagine the possibilities for teachers and students. Education has slowly been moving away from...
This is the county in Georgia where I reside. I followed the story in the local newspaper on the Cobb County School District's decision to provide Apple i-Books for all teachers, and students in grades 6 -12, beginning with an experiemental phase beginning next school...
