Science Education & Policy

Kindling Space Awareness In Pakistan

In January this year, I finally found some like me out there! I was contacted. By a fellow space enthusiast. Throughout my childhood, I rarely met anyone who shared my curiosity for space and astronomy- and was agitated about it. Then, I finally found one. ...

Article - Usman Anwer - Jul 25 2009 - 5:00am

Define Comprehensive? The Stimulus Package, Early Learning Challenge Fund, And Longitudinal Data Systems

One component of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AKA: Stimulus Package) still making its way through the pipeline is 250 million for the development of statewide longitudinal data systems managed by the Department of Education's Institute ...

Article - Christopher Lysy - Jul 24 2009 - 1:46pm

Carrot Or Stick? In Education, Reward Works Better For Most- But How?

Most people learn more quickly if they are rewarded for making correct decisions but little is understood about how rewards facilitate the learning process. Studies have shown that if a decision leads to a successful outcome, it is registered in the brain& ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 28 2009 - 1:39pm

Top 10 Schools For Science

If you’re serious about pursuing an extended education in science, you may want to set your sights on one of the U.S. campuses that have been identified as having the best science graduate programs. In April, US News&World Report released the results o ...

Article - Community Connect... - Aug 17 2009 - 7:27pm

College Major Still A Factor In The Narrowing Gender Wage Gap

Higher education has helped women narrow the wage gap but there is one college-related factor that has becoming increasingly important in perpetuating that gap, according to new research. And that factor is their college major.   Women dominate the social ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2009 - 3:09pm

Another Scary Hockey Stick Graph

Some people might be encouraged by all of the science being done. I find it depressing. Since I started grad school (back in 2000), the number of papers in my current field (cell cycle) has doubled: Figure 1 from Renear and Palmer, Science 325:828-832 (200 ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Aug 14 2009 - 12:39pm

Evolution Doing Better in State Curricula

The National Center for Science Education has a report out on how evolution fares in the states (published in Evolution, Education, and Outreach.) Read the report to see how state science standards teach evolution. The authors, in addition to looking at th ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Aug 20 2009 - 11:41am

Modern Homework- Parental Concern About It A Myth, Says Study

Annoyed that your child schleps home 35 lbs. of books and settles in for 3 hours of homework per night?   Dreaming of an ancient time when teachers teached during the day? Nope.  Contrary to common belief, parents are okay with the homework load,  accordi ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2009 - 11:14pm

As The Actress Said To The Bishop, Or, The Professional Practice University

We management professors are very conscious of the "professional school" label given to colleges of business, law, medicine, engineering, nursing, and education in diversified universities – universities in which some clinical fields, like psych ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Aug 22 2009 - 9:51am

Autism Drives Academia?

Tyler Cowen says the prevalence of individuals falling within autism spectrum make American academe competitive: A lot of people at colleges are aware of dealing with autism (and Asperger's syndrome; I will refer generally to the autism spectrum) in ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Aug 24 2009 - 12:17pm