A colleague of mine, a biologist, (let’s call him Ken) teaches an upper-level college course on genetics. Course requirements include the usual—class participation, quizzes, exams, and …a scientific paper. Each semester, when Ken mentions the paper the classroom erupts in shrieks and murmurs. Immediately after the noise dies down, hands shoot into the air and Read More
All the 2016 Presidential Candidates have education visions and education policy reform ideas. It’s just that these ideas have gotten lost in the self-immolation and squabbling that have dominated the media sphere during the 2016 Election Campaign. Compared to this stuff, education, normally an incendiary issue, isn’t that newsworthy. Education doesn’t get you millions of click Read More