Tom Ultican: Don’t Be Hoaxed by Bad Education Policies Based on Junk Science
Tom Ultican writes a warning about a program called the National Math and Science Initiative. “The National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) was founded by...
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Tom Ultican: The Profit-Driven Motive Behind Some of the Greatest Frauds of Our Times
Tom Ultican left a career in Silicon Valley to become a high school teacher of physics and mathematics. He is one of our most perceptive...
Los Angeles: Rally Today to Protest Eli Broad Takeover of STEM Programs
Eli Broad will go down in history–if at all–as a selfish billionaire who used his money to destroy public education wherever and whenever he could....
Trump Administration Disbands Advisory Panel on Climate Change
The Trump administration disbanded a federal advisory panel on climate change. One way to deal with climate change is to pretend it isn’t happening, and...
Valerie Strauss: What Betsy DeVos Has Accomplished in Six Months
Valerie Strauss describes the accomplishments of Betsy DeVos in her short time as Education Secretary. Most would think that such a list would cover less...
Reader aka “Democracy”: This is NOT the “Golden Age of Education Reporting”
A reader who identifies as Democracy challenges John Merrow’s claim that this is the Golden Age of education journalism. He challenges the Education Writers Association’s...
The Difference Between STEM Research and Social Research
Reader Alice responds to the court victory of VirginiaSGP, who succeeded by lawsuit in getting the ratings of Virginia teachers released and plans to post...
Gary Rubinstein: The P-Tech Disaster
P-Tech is one of the most celebrated schools in recent years. President Obama hailed it in one of his 2013 State of the Union speech....
Hold the Presses: Junior in Florida PUBLIC School Gets Perfect Score on AP Physics Test
Jimmy Qin, a junior at Seminole High School in Sanford, Florida, received a perfect score on the AP Physics examination. He was one of only...
Fareed Zakaria: Why We Still Need Liberal Education
Fareed Zakaria warns that fears about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) are greatly overblown. Zakaria comes close to acknowledging that the “crisis” rhetoric of...