Science Education & Policy

In four weeks I will speak at a very interesting session of the World Conference on Science Journalism 2009, an event that takes place in London from June 30th to July 4th. Together with James…

Today marks day two of our three day experience at Access Data 2009.  Here with the remarkably hot backdrop of my alma mater (Colorado College) we are hoping to come the great conclusions that…

When women  apply for faculty positions in math, science, and engineering at major research universities, they are interviewed and hired at rates equal to or higher than those for men, says a…

Here in Missouri, the annual intelligent design bill has died with the end of the legislative session. Every year, several representatives from Missouri's rural areas introduce some sort of…

The politics of science is about more than just funding and science-based policy decisions: governments, and in particular the US Federal Government, are into science education in a big way, whether…

I could write a book refuting the nonsense regularly expounded by New York Time’s columnist Stanley Fish. Oh, wait, I almost have written a book about it!   I already commented on this blog…

British parents call for a radical overhaul of the education system, saying that secondary school is not working for over a quarter (28 per cent) of children. According to independent education…

John Tierney wants to know - how widespread is the problem of unethical competition in science? Here's the problem explained by Dr Sean Cutler on Tierney's blog: Sadly, there is a lot of unethical…

Throughout the post-industrial era, science and technology have been central  to understanding both global security threats and possible solutions. Within the US and across the globe, major…

Who are your all time favourite childrens' authors? Dr. Seuss, Enid Blyton, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Adolf Hitler? Warning: satire alert!Adolf Hitler - World's Best-Selling Children's…