Archive for September, 2008
SUNY Science Dropouts Our Fault
Education Week; SUNY decides their dropout rate is due to lack of preparation in K-12. Instead of helping, they claim a piece of the “Fix Science Funding” pie.
School Grades are Anybodies Guess
New York Times; “…than just about any school system in the nation, the ultimate A through F grades are determined by a series of subjective decisions about which factors to use and how to weigh them”. The implication seems to be they’re all but meaningless. link
World Space Week Oct. 4 - 10
Coming up! World Space Week This is a UN sponsored event, which means there doesn’t seem to be much US participation. There are Teacher Guides and an interesting Education section on the website
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