Science Education & Policy

The Fourteenth Amendment of the United States constitution was passed after the civil war to provide equal protection to freed slaves under the law and to protect them from discriminatory behavior by the government. However, since then, the equal protectio ...

Article - Ed Chen - Oct 17 2011 - 10:14am

The Value Of Peer Review In Political Policy

For policy makers and politicians, there is confusion over what peer review is and how it should be used in policy decision making and, really, how improved technology and new science (including any ethics issues) make critical evaluation by the independ ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2011 - 5:39pm

A New Model For Citizen Science In The Classroom

The scientific literacy of the American student has been dropping for quite some time now, and we often hear about this serious problem (here and here and, oh, over here). ...

Article - Matthew T. Dearing - Jan 24 2011 - 12:08pm

Thanks, Economists- More Taxes On Meat Will Reduce Global Warming?

Without question, a booming worldwide population and the need to feed them have resulted in greater greenhouse gas emissions. The goal of any civilized society has always been to make food affordable to everyone regardless of income and we are converging ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 27 2011 - 2:46pm

Cultural, Economic Backgrounds Have Become Less Important In Education Outcomes

In , it was noted that happiness spikes when wealth increases but then gradually levels off as a factor. Money does not buy happiness, it was always said, and it may be that money does not buy a better education either. It's what happens when money ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 25 2011 - 1:38pm

Can You Explain to a Teenager Why They Shouldn't Text and Drive Using Science? Help me out.

My son just wrote an article for his 10th grade journalism class about a couple on their way to plan a Disney wedding in Orlando- their long-held dream wedding- who were hit by a truck driver that just had to answer a text in the middle of a highway. She w ...

Blog Post - Aimee Stern - Apr 25 2011 - 10:47am

Only 34 Percent Of Students Have A Solid Grasp Of Science- So?

In the quarterly lamentation about the need for science outreach in the U.S., what often gets lost is that not everyone will be good at science. Lack of science knowledge is regarded as some sort of defect, but it is never an issue with the child, instea ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 30 2012 - 10:47pm

Dr. Paul Offit: Polarizing Figure Only On The Fringe

Dr. Paul Offit is the Hillary Clinton of the autism world. Or is he? It seems really unfair that a well-respected pediatrician and infectious disease expert who has devoted his career to saving lives is the recipient of the vitriol that places like Age of ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jan 31 2011 - 10:50pm

Humboldt Squid on the East Coast!

The Squids 4 Kids outreach program I helped to start up is going strong! We've been doing a number of local dissections, both in and out of classrooms, and shipping squid around the country. They made the news in Florida: With cameras flashing and vid ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Feb 4 2011 - 1:12am

Women In Science: No Discrimination, Says Cornell Study

As the 21st century unfolds, if even one woman does not get a job, there will be claims of discrimination. And some will believe discrimination occurs institutionally despite the evidence, and insist any action by individuals is proof of sexism. That&# ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 7 2011 - 4:48pm