A teacher at Netroots Nation asks what can be done to improve science education, and to get principles of science as a process back into classes within the NCLB framework.
Gore responded briefly that it is "really harmful that science education… [has] been pushed out of the experience our children have in schools in order to teach to a test."
Pelosi answered by talking specifically about NCLB. Will follow up with both if humanly possible.
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Forget about measuring student outcomes. Can we even measure student numbers?
Fulfilling the hopes of many, the Board of Education named Alexa Posny to be the Commissioner of Education. Dr. Posny will replace Bob Corkins, the woefully unqualified commish installed by the previous Board. This undoes the last of the major damage done by the previous Board.
...too bad MA Governor Deval Patrick, and for that matter, President Obama, don't.
In a time of economic crisis (or really any crisis), it is difficult to think too far into the future.
Please do elaborate, Josh.
Unfortunately, there wasn't time for much beyond a handshake with the two of them. I'll try other angles.
Yeah, that was was me. I sort of had to pitch a mini fit to get the mic. I had made my question known to the mic fellow but he said it was too vague so he went to someone else who asked and even vaguer one sso then he came back to me.
yay!
Pelosi's comment was basically wait till we get a new president and we will deal with that.
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But way too many of the freshmen candidates were ....."let's fully fund NCLB" when the real answer should be END IT!
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