Monthly Archives: August 2012

Building a Better Science Teacher

The August 2012 Scientific American carries an article by Pat Wingert, “Building a Better Science Teacher.”  Much of his argument is same-old same-old: what a horrible job of teaching math and science the nation’s public schools are doing, the stock-in-trade … Continue reading

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Student Journals

Recently, a friend commented, regarding the theater shooting incident in Colorado I just heard a news item that is one of the most appalling things I’ve ever heard. James Holmes wrote his plan for the attack in a notebook and … Continue reading

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