Perhaps one of the important trends over the past 20 years in science teaching has been the “science and social responsibility movement†which resulted in programs that have impacted K-12 schools, not only in the US, but in many countries around the world....
Tuesday's vote in the State School Board elections in Kansas resulted in the ouster of the conservative majority which favored putting evolution under review (and only evolution---no other science concepts and ideas need such critical reveiw). According to observers...
Yes, Kansas is back in the news again regarding the nature of science, evolution, and the Kansas State School Board. Elections for half of the seats on the board are next Tuesday. In a New York Times article, Evolution's Backers in Kansas Start Counterattack, a...
Since the recent bill proposed by the Senate to support embryonic stem cell research through NIH funding, and the subsequent veto by the President, considerable discussion has ensued from each side of the issue. Today's issue of Time Magazine has as its featured...
Since late 2004, Dr. James Hanson, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has been prevented from speaking out about the implications of years of research on Global Warming. Hanson, a 30-year veteran NASA scientist, "fell out of favor with the White...
As I indicated in the previous post on this Blog, Judge John Jones, a federal judge (a Republican, and appointed by George W. Bush, in his first term, not only rejected the teaching of intelligent design in science classes, but rebuked the Dover, PA school board, and...
