Science Education & Policy

Do Meet The Scientist Programs Work?

A number of scientific organizations these days are creating Meet the Scientist programs and sending scientists and engineers out into public schools, science cafes, and other venues with the hope that they can drum up interest in pursuing careers in these ...

Article - Aimee Stern - Jan 6 2011 - 6:12pm

Ratzinger Against Sexual Education

That's too bad. Pope Benedict XVI just let go with a very unfortunate judgement, which betrays just how much the catholic church would like to force a control on our society. In a new-year speech he gave in front of diplomats, Benedict touched the sub ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Jan 10 2011 - 7:43am

Pictures From An Exhibition

You may recognize the famous Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, whose best known work is “Pictures at an Exhibition”.  But the pictures that follow are from a totally different exhibition, that of the Association for Science Education  Annual Conference ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Jan 11 2011 - 6:52pm

Yep, This Should Get You Fired

An Ohio 8th-grade creationist science teacher with a habit of branding crosses on his students' arms has been fired, after a long and tedious process and a lawsuit that cost the school district some big bucks. The referee who evaluated the case for te ...

Article - Michael White - Jan 14 2011 - 4:04pm

Marijuana Laws And 14th Amendment

The Fourteenth Amendment of the United States constitution was passed after the civil war to provide equal protection to freed slaves under the law and to protect them from discriminatory behavior by the government. However, since then, the equal protectio ...

Article - Ed Chen - Oct 17 2011 - 10:14am

The Value Of Peer Review In Political Policy

For policy makers and politicians, there is confusion over  what peer review is and how it should be used in policy decision making and, really, how improved technology and new science (including any ethics issues)  make critical evaluation by the independ ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2011 - 5:39pm

A New Model For Citizen Science In The Classroom

The scientific literacy of the American student has been dropping for quite some time now, and we often hear about this serious problem (here  and  here  and, oh, over  here). ...

Article - Matthew T. Dearing - Jan 24 2011 - 12:08pm

Thanks, Economists- More Taxes On Meat Will Reduce Global Warming?

Without question, a booming worldwide population and the need to feed them have resulted in greater greenhouse gas emissions.   The goal of any civilized society has always been to make food affordable to everyone regardless of income and we are converging ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 27 2011 - 2:46pm

Cultural, Economic Backgrounds Have Become Less Important In Education Outcomes

In  , it was noted that happiness spikes when wealth increases but then gradually levels off as a factor.   Money does not buy happiness, it was always said, and it may be that money does not buy a better education either. It's what happens when money ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 25 2011 - 1:38pm

Can You Explain to a Teenager Why They Shouldn't Text and Drive Using Science? Help me out.

My son just wrote an article for his 10th grade journalism class about a couple on their way to plan a Disney wedding in Orlando- their long-held dream wedding- who were hit by a truck driver that just had to answer a text in the middle of a highway. She w ...

Blog Post - Aimee Stern - Apr 25 2011 - 10:47am