Science Education & Policy

Troubled Kids Drag Down The Kids Around Them Also, Says Study

Troubled kids will always be a difficult area of social policy- in the 1980s the solution was thought to be introducing troubled kids to rural schools, but that tended to bring down the quality of the rural schools rather than raising troubled children up. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2008 - 3:20pm

NY Times on the Challenge of Teaching Evolution in Florida

Teaching evolution to a bunch of graduate students is easy; conveying something about evolution to a diverse group of high school students, some of whom have been coached to be openly hostile towards the subject, is a major challenge. Sunday's NY Time ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 22 2008 - 11:06pm

Tata Interactive Learning Forum To Provide A Business GPS For Navigating The Education Market

MUMBAI, India, August 26 /PRNewswire/-- The Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF) to discuss the convergence of technology in education and how technology will be impacting the market in the coming years Industry leaders believe that technology is transfo ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 26 2008 - 3:33am

Allied World Assurance Company Appoints Patrick De Saint-Aignan To Board Of Directors

PEMBROKE, Bermuda, August 26 /PRNewswire/-- Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd (NYSE: AWH) today announced the appointment of Patrick de Saint-Aignan to its Board of Directors. Mr. de Saint-Aignan has over 30 years experience in investment banki ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 26 2008 - 2:33pm

At Platts Energy Podium, EIA Chief Says Oil 'Could' Fall Below US$100

WASHINGTON, August 26 /PRNewswire/-- Crude oil prices "could" fall below US$100 per barrel over the next 18 months on slowing worldwide demand and an increase in oil production, Energy Information Administration (EIA) chief Guy Caruso said Tuesd ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 26 2008 - 5:30pm

Haier Will Build 51 Olympic Hope Schools

BEIJING, August 27 /PRNewswire/--- For Each of the 51 Chinese Gold Medals, Haier Builds a Primary School in China Haier, the world's fourth largest white goods manufacturer and the official white goods sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, will ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 27 2008 - 7:30am

School Reform Hampered By National Performance Versus Local Outcome Standards, Says Professor

Despite investments, community goodwill and some good ideas, a vexing question remains in the age of school reform: Why has so much hope and effort led to disappointment? Beginning in the late 1980s, the Chicago Public Schools, like many urban schools syst ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 27 2008 - 11:59am

Women in Science (Physics) – a view from Education

I sent the Professor Meg Urry interview to a colleague who is quite high-up in graduate teacher training. Here is his reply. We do have a lot of evidence about student motivation and about their view about the Nature of Science (Physics). What is disappoin ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 22 2008 - 11:04pm

Singapore's Senior Trade Minister To Keynote Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies Rankings And Asia Leadership Awards Dinner

SINGAPORE, August 27 /PRNewswire/--- Singapore's Iswaran to Highlight Asia-Pacific's Rising Energy Role at October 20 Gathering of Energy Company Executives Singapore's top official for trade and industry, S. Iswaran, is slated to keynote t ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 27 2008 - 3:30pm

First Regional University For Women In Asia Hosts Inaugural Symposium On Women's Economics, Women's Right To Leadership

DHAKA, Bangladesh, August 28 /PRNewswire/--- Radisson Hotel, Dhaka, October 17, 2008 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. The inauguration of a new university chartered to grant degrees to underserved women in Asia will be celebrated at a Symposium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, O ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 27 2008 - 7:30pm