Robot Competition Founder Named Nat. Teacher of the Year
The Council of Chief State School Officers today announced Jeff Charbonneau, a high school science teacher in Washington state, as the 2013 National Teacher of the Year. Read Full Post >
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April 22, 2013
April 18, 2013
Researcher: Math and Science Teachers Should Get Higher Pay
New research from the Brookings Institution provides empirical backing for the widely held notion that that math and science teachers can generally find higher paying jobs outside of education. Read Full Post >
April 08, 2013
Taking Math Anxiety Out of Science
In a fascinating Wall Street Journal article—a must-read for science teachers—legendary Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson seeks to dispel the notion that students need to be advanced in mathematics to pursue scientific interests. "Many of the most successful scientists in the world today," he ... Read Full Post >
April 01, 2013
A Month of Classroom Laughs
April Fools' Day kicks of National Humor Month, giving teachers the opportunity to incorporate jokes and laughter in their lesson plans this month. Read Full Post >
December 10, 2012
Google's Stance on the Common Core: It's Flawed
In a Huffington Post piece, two Google executives write about what they perceive as a "major flaw" in the Common Core State Standards: It doesn't address computer science. Read Full Post >
December 05, 2012
Ind. Lawmaker Pushes for Teacher Truth-Telling Mandate
An Ind. state senator, frustrated by the failure of a bill he introduced to require schools to teach creationism, now has plans to push legislation promoting the lofty-sounding notion of "truth in education." Read Full Post >
October 10, 2012
Florida School Goes Wild for Science
At Lighthouse Private Christian Academy in Gulf Breeze, Fla., which is located next to the town's zoo, the elementary and middle school students have the opportunity to engage with exotic animals in their science classroom once a week for a class period, reports the Pensacola News Journal. Read Full Post >
October 09, 2012
Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Written Off by Teachers
The British press has been having a good time noting that one of the recently named Nobel Prize winners in medicine, U.K. scientist Sir John Gurdon, wasn't exactly a student whom teachers expected great things from. In his office in Cambridge, Gurdon reportedly keeps an old evaluative report from hi... Read Full Post >
September 25, 2012
Resource Watch: Virtual Field Trip to Mt. Kilimanjaro
Middle and high school science teachers might want to take note of a free virtual journey being offered to classrooms this week and next. Read Full Post >
August 10, 2012
Are Science Teachers Spreading Invasive Species?
By guest blogger Ellen Wexler According to a new study that surveyed 2,000 teachers across the United States and Canada, one out of four science teachers who used lab animals in their classrooms released the organisms into local environments after they were done using them for instructional purpos... Read Full Post >
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