In the name of science, school systems — state school boards typically — around the nation are working on science standards. Much is made, by many, of American education’s need to focus on STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) (and, often now, STEAM: Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics). For the moment, this is the opening for […]
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Turning one’s back on science: the New Mexico derivative
September 18th, 2017 · Comments Off on Turning one’s back on science: the New Mexico derivative
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The morning after Back-to-School: Six points to explain climate change
September 8th, 2017 · Comments Off on The morning after Back-to-School: Six points to explain climate change
Like 10s of millions of American parents, the month of September brings back to school night. Writ large, mine last night was what you can hope for: with one exception, what appear to be good to excellent teachers; positive statements about ‘the kids’ and atmosphere; and some positive feedback about your child. Tensions issues related […]
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Deep Faith and Climate Change
May 26th, 2017 · Comments Off on Deep Faith and Climate Change
This guest post from AstroCook is from just before Donald Trump took over the Oval Office but that timing is fundamentally irrelevant to the core of the discussion: an example of the challenge of leaping divides to spark changed thinking on climate science (and climate-science denial) even in a ‘civil’ conversation. From it: “God gave […]
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