New York City Development Corporation recently launched an initiative to start a new Applied Science and Engineering Campus in New York City focusing on graduate level studies, research, and entrepreneurship. The City will provide land, seed investment with full support of the city administration. The city...

What inspired me to write this blog is what I saw at a local high school. Mr. Mike Martin, a technology teacher at Martin Luther King (MLK) High School, located in Riverside, CA invited me to his classroom to see his graduating seniors' student projects. I have been...

Did you know the most common woman's dress size in the United States was a size eight in 1985 and is now a size 14? The average American woman's weight has increased 11 pounds (from 152 to 163) in the 10 years between 1990 and 2000,...

Surgeon General's Warning: Running with these shoes ruins your natural posture and causes serious injuries.

Would you buy a shoe if it had the above warning label on the box? Yet we spend $100+ on running shoes that are actually causing serious injuries.

It all started when my daughter...

Quite often the words "teaching" and "learning" are used synonymously. According to Ackoff and Greenberg, the authors of the book Turning Learning Right Side Up, "Traditional education assumes that for every ounce of teaching there is an ounce of learning by those who are taught."

Is this...

Despite several initiatives and millions of dollars of investment in both the K-12 and university level, STEM still lacks appeal. Why is STEM boring?

STEM in general, but engineering and technology in particular, is more application-oriented and hands-on than most subjects. Therefore, STEM is supposed to...

Would you consider any of the following fun to learn?

• The formula for the circumference of a circle
• Finding the slope of a line
• Determining the coefficient of static friction between two materials
• Finding the instantaneous velocity of a moving object
• Physical meaning behind Newton's laws

Most people...

The expression, "Turning dreams into reality," evokes a wide range of responses from various people. Some people would think of self-help gurus such as Steven Covey, Tony Robinson, or even pastor Joel Osteen. Others may remember entrepreneurs or celebrities, who came from humble beginnings and became rich and famous through...

Law enforcement officers are targeting lawmakers -- not because they were involved in any criminal activity -- but because they boycotted a senate vote.

Police officers in Wisconsin are looking for democratic legislators to drag them to the state capital. In Madison, there will be a quorum to conduct...

This year, 2 million high school students aspiring to go to top universities and colleges are expected to take Advanced Placement (A.P.) exams in over 30 subjects. The original purpose of A.P. exams was to encourage high school seniors to study at the college level. In 1956, a...