We're not evolved to love algebra
Learning can’t be fun all the time, argues David Geary, a University of Missouri psychology professor, in a journal article and an e-mail to Curriculum Matters. The process of evolution, Geary says...
View ArticlePastafarians seek equal time
Darwinian evolution? Intelligent design? In a letter to a Kansas school board, Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster devotees demand that Pastafarian beliefs be taught in public schools along with...
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17 weirdest school bans
The list of 17 Weirdest Things Schools Have Banned, according to the Huffington Post, includes dancing, hugs, flags, Father’s Day cards, grilled cheese sandwiches, “meep,” and a band T-shirt...
View ArticleAfraid of evolution
It’s been 86 years since the “monkey trial,” but most biology teachers still are afraid to teach evolution straight, concludes a survey of 926 public high school biology teachers. Only 28 percent...
View ArticleSchools: Make us teach science or we won’t
California will require only one year of science to graduate from high school if Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget is approved, reports the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat. It’s part of a move to give...
View ArticleStruggling to teach science
American Educator’s new issue includes: An Evolving Controversy, subtitled The Struggle to Teach Science in Science Classes on biology teachers under pressure to teach religious alternatives to...
View ArticleDon’t ‘teach the controversy’
Oklahoma students and teachers would have a right to explore scientific controversies, under a bill proposed in the state legislature, reports the Oklahoman. It appears to be an attempt to introduce...
View ArticleNext Gen Science Standards unveiled
Next Generation Science Standards, which aim to teach scientific thinking as well as knowledge, were announced Tuesday, reports, the New York Times. Science teachers, scientists and federal science...
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