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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an assistant professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.

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Education:

Lancaster follow-up: the Antelope Valley Press gets it.

You'll recall that the Lancaster(California) school district has recently adopted a "science philosophy" that calls for critical thinking about evolutionary theory ... but no other scientific theory in the curriculum. You'll recall that the school district trustees didn't seem to...

If you really want critical thinking, why restrict where you're calling for it?

Hey, guess what? A California school district has adopted a new science policy aimed at getting students to think more critically ... about evolutionary theory. It is not entirely clear whether members of the Lancaster School District board of trustees...

Serving two masters is sometimes impossible.

The last two meetings of my ethics in science class have focused on some of the history of research with human subjects and on the changing statements of ethical principles or rules governing such experimentation. Looking at these statements (the...

Please don't call that philosophy!

Here in California, I had hoped we might be safe from the high school Intelligent Design follies playing out in other states. Turns out, not so much. Frazier Mountain High School in Lebec, California, part of the El Tejon Unified...

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