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NCSE’s Genie Scott will Retire
Posted by Greg Laden on May 6, 2013 My friend and colleague, executive director of the National Center for Science Education’s Genie Scott, will retire by the end of the year. She’s been director of the NCSE for 26 years. Genie is a key player, perhaps the key player, in the battle to keep science in the classroom and other things that are…
The Teachers are Revolting!
Posted by Greg Laden on January 23, 2013 In a good way! This is a very interesting story; I’m going to pass along the press release without modification: NEA PRESIDENT SUPPORTS SEATTLE EDUCATORS WHO REFUSE TO GIVE FLAWED STANDARDIZED TEST ***Standardized test takes away from student learning*** WASHINGTON—National Education Association (NEA) members at Garfield High School in Seattle, Wash., voted to not administer…
Mitt Romney Is Jerk To Teacher
Posted by Greg Laden on September 23, 2012 What a jerk! Keep that guy away from the scissors.
Can Missouri Students Skip Evolution Assignments If They Don’t Believe In It? I
Posted by Greg Laden on August 11, 2012 Two days ago, according to the NCSE, Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 2 which protects the right of citizens to pray and express religious beliefs, which was already the case because of the US Constitution. However, the Amendment will have other effects that were not mentioned at the voting booth. For example, “no student shall…
Ooops… we left all the children behind
Posted by Greg Laden on October 25, 2011 “No Child Left Behind” was doomed to be a failure, because it was ill concieved, politically cynical, and underfunded. But like the War in Iraq, the Patriot Act and Tax Breaks for the Rich, and all the other initiatives of the Bush Administration that never should have happened, we have been saddled with this melt…
The Nation’s Science Report Card is out. Everything is going fine.
Posted by Greg Laden on February 24, 2011 The Science component of “The Nation’s Report Card” was released today and clearly indicates that we have moved one step closer as a nation in two of our most important goals: Building a large and complacent poorly educated low-pay labor class, and increasing the size of our science-illiterate populace in order to allow the advance…
Racism: A thing of the past. In Texas.
Posted by Greg Laden on September 15, 2009 There is no racism in America. People are not excluded from jobs or not allowed admission to a school because of the color of the skin. The whole racism thing is over, solved, kaput, no longer an issue. You’all can go home now. Especially if you live in Texas and/or are concerned with Social Studies…
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