Science Education:
Not looking good for the cdesign proponentsists and their attempts to weaken science education by proposing "academic freedom" bills. First Florida. Now Alabama....
Posted on May 9, 2008 3:40 PM • 7 Comments
Wilkins has a little Aesopian fable that you may want to read. Still grading, so your Monday Mustelid will be late ... i.e. not on Monday!...
Posted on April 21, 2008 1:09 AM • 0 Comments
Just this last week, my daughter had her first AIMS test (Arizona’s standardized test) - an annual week of tests on reading, writing and math. In preparation, all "superfluous" subjects - such as science and social studies - were abandoned...
Posted on April 13, 2008 4:37 PM • 2 Comments
Apparently Nisbet thinks we should desist from pointing out what a fiasco this whole affair has been for the supporters of Expelled. Apparently he thinks this is helping the enemy. He also thinks Dawkins and Myers should return to their...
Posted on March 23, 2008 8:42 PM • 3 Comments
Theodore Beale, a.k.a. "Vox Day", quote-miner and "Christian libertarian opinion columnist," apparently has issues with women in science. This via Ed Brayton: Because they are the intellectual driving force of humanity, men will be fine. They will simply continue to...
Posted on March 11, 2008 12:18 PM • 4 Comments
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Posted on December 11, 2007 6:44 AM • 0 Comments
The Arizona State Board of Education has unanimously voted to increase the amount of required science and math courses for the state’s high school students. Freshmen in 2008 will require a third year of math, and those the following year...
Posted on December 10, 2007 8:42 PM • 3 Comments
Presidential debates are largely meaningless. Simpleminded questions posed by simpleminded moderators who actively prevent candidates from answering in any sort of nuanced manner (were they able). In short, a microcosm of American political discourse in which snark and soundbite dominate...
Posted on December 10, 2007 2:00 PM • 2 Comments
The ScienceBlogs DonorsChoose Challenge ended a few days back while I was in DC. Eighteen readers of this blog raised $1,970.29, a sum which completely funded seven projects and will impact nearly three hundred needy students. Overall, we here at...
Posted on November 9, 2007 8:26 PM • 0 Comments
Seed is putting up $15,000 in matching funds for our DonorsChoose Challenge, as part of their Science Literacy Grants program. You give $20, the kids get $40. What more could you ask for? You know what to do ......
Posted on October 8, 2007 11:43 PM • 2 Comments
Dave over at Cognitive Daily has posted a comparison of traffic (upper graph) with DonorsChoose donations (lower graph) so far in the drive. This blog is the third bar in from the left. Certainly we’re not doing too bad relative...
Posted on October 5, 2007 1:41 PM • 0 Comments
Good news here. We’ve managed to fully fund our first proposal - thirty first graders in a magnet school in Chicago (one with 95% high poverty) will be benefiting from your generosity so far. On behalf of their teacher, I...
Posted on October 4, 2007 3:43 PM • 0 Comments
But first a DonorsChoose update ... We’re currently at $190 and seventh among the Scienceblogs challenges. We can do better! I’m working on some prizes to give to random donors. Stay tuned. There appears to be a slight problem in...
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Posted on October 3, 2007 2:06 AM • 0 Comments
One day in and we’re already at 4% of our target. Given that we’ve thirty days to hit it, this is clearly a good start. Many, many thanks to our donors so far. But let’s not rest on our laurels,...
Posted on October 2, 2007 12:48 AM • 1 Comments
Regular readers will remember that last year we here at Scienceblogs undertook a bloggers challenge for DonorsChoose.org, an organization that helps K-12 teachers. In two weeks we raised over $34,000 for deserving teachers and their students. This blog alone raised...
Posted on October 1, 2007 9:00 AM • 0 Comments
Sahotra Sarkar (Philosophy of Biology, University of Texas) has revived his blog in response to the creationist takeover of the Texas Board of Education. Sarkar is the author of Doubting Darwin? Creationist Designs on Evolution and thus will no doubt...
Posted on July 31, 2007 12:25 PM • 0 Comments
