David Gergen, Michael Lubell and Shawn Otto had a very important conversation with Ira Flatow on this week's Science Friday about why the science debate project is critical to the country. The discussion focused on science in the presidential debates, and looked at...
Update: Shawn Otto of Science Debate will be featured on NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday at 2 ET. Discussion on science in the elections. In 2007, a small group of American citizens, lead by Shawn Otto, created Science Debate 2008, an organization that...
Note: This is the third post on a discussion of progressive and conservative values and how they impact education in America. In this post we will explore the progressive world-view and its values, and try and understand why the progressive ideals ought to form the...
Note: this is the second in a series of posts on the effect of conservative & progressive values on K-12 education. Progressive values should set the ideals of teaching, and learning in American society. Unfortunately, the "cloud of authoritarianism looms...
This was written by Anthony Cody, who spent 24 years working in Oakland schools, 18 of them as a science teacher at a high needs middle school. He is National Board certified, and now leads workshops with teachers focused on Project Based Learning. With education at a...
Note: This is the third in a series of articles on the consequences of the authoritarian standards & high-stakes testing. Starting tomorrow every American girl and boy in grades 3- 8 will participate in the testing games, an annual competition to determine which...
