The Presidential candidates have responded to Science Debate's 14 questions on science and education. You can read and compare their answers at this Scientific American website. Scientific American will grade the candidate's answers, and publish the results in...
According to Shawn Otto, U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives have ignored a request from Science Debate to answer eight science policy questions. The questions were selected from hundreds submitted by scientists, engineers, educators, and concerned citizens....
According to Shawn Otto, U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives have ignored a request from Science Debate to answer eight science policy questions. The questions were selected from hundreds submitted by scientists, engineers, educators, and concerned citizens....
This is a view from the YMCA of the Rockies, which I first visited in August, 1975 to attend my first conference of the Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP). Since then I've been here about 15 times. But it was my attendance at the (AHP) conference that...
In a recent article in Scientific American, it was suggested that the U.S. should adopt higher standards in science, and that all 50 states should adopt them. When you check the literature on science standards, the main reason for aiming for higher standards (raising...
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...
