Science Education & Policy

What's In The Economic Recovery Bill For Scientists?

It's hard to avoid the omnipresent rhetoric being tossed around regarding the economy these days. Nearly everybody has an opinion on the state of our economy and how to fix it- and lately, on President Obama's economic stimulus package in general ...

Article - Chris Rollins - Feb 5 2009 - 5:37pm

Critical Thinking Skills- The Cure For Anti-Intellectualism

Over at the Chronicle of Higher Education, Columbia University humanities professor Andrew Delbanco takes stock of recent arguments that the intellectuals are back in charge of government: What goes on here? Was the historian Richard Hofstadter wrong in hi ...

Article - Michael White - Feb 24 2009 - 12:18pm

Science Journalism Is Not Dead- And It's Not Bad

Okay, you're thinking a guy who started a site where scientists write feature articles directly to the audience must be insane to endorse big media science journalism, right?    Not at all.  Science journalism is a different beast than what we do here ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 25 2010 - 3:59pm

Comparative Effectiveness: What Is It And Why Should We Care?

The hot buzz word in the health care reform sector is "comparative effectivness research," and the lay press is picking up on the partisan rumblings in Washington over this provision in the recent stimulus legislation. But what is CE research, a ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Mar 2 2009 - 9:21pm

Rambunctious Kid? It May Lead To Gambling, Drug Use And Depression, Claim Researchers

Did you ever get called impulsive by a teacher?   You're lucky you don't live in Montreal. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 2 2009 - 9:47pm

Smart Kids- Careers Often Shaped By What Society Expects

Gifted youths already know what they want to be when they grow up- in a lot of cases it's applied sciences, but when they are asked why they made their choices, they are not able to explain. A study surveyed 800 gifted and non-gifted high-school stude ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2009 - 10:56am

Legislation would put tobacco under FDA control

Whether you are for, against, or apathetic to tobacco, Congress is working to ensure that tobacco and tobacco companies fall under FDA regulation. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Mar 4 2009 - 4:33pm

Teaching science to 14 and 15 year old humans

I am disarmed every day by the amount of info my students do not know at this stage of their life cycle.................I am teaching the life cycle of stars for the 4th year (this is my second career....my first was in healthcare 20+ years). Does anyone e ...

Blog Post - Christine Jones - Mar 5 2009 - 4:03pm

Why Not Try A Scientific Approach To Science Education?

The purpose of science education is no longer simply to train that tiny fraction of the population who will become the next generation of scientists. We need a more scientifically literate populace to address the global challenges that humanity now faces a ...

Article - Carl Wieman - Mar 15 2009 - 9:14pm

A Scientific Approach To Science Education- Research On Learning

Continued from Part 1, Why Not Try A Scientific Approach To Science Education? In a traditional science class, the teacher stands at the front of the class lecturing to a largely passive group of students. Those students then go off and do back-of-the-chap ...

Article - Carl Wieman - Mar 23 2009 - 1:02pm