Math and Science

How Science Works

Priyamvada Natarajan | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Scientific Research, Science, Education Policy, Research, Education, Math and Science, Climate Science, Science Literacy, America-Science, Science Education, Science News

The reality of how science works is in sharp contrast to the way most Americans seem to see it--perhaps as definitive, time-limited, and based on speculation or assertion.

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To Hold Infinity and Beyond

Tim Chartier | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Infinity, Mathematics, Math, Mime, Buzz Lightyear, Dodge Ball, Math and Science, Science News

Mathematics allows us to study abstract ideas in ways that might initially defy intuition. Does more than one size of infinity do that for you?

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New Obama Plan To Help Math, Science Teacher Prep

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: White House Science Fair, Math and Science Teachers, Math and Science, Barack Obama, Teacher Prep, Teacher Training, Math and Science Education, Science Technology Engineering and Math, Teachers, Education Department, STEM Education, Education News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he...

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The Fate Of The Leap Second

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Time, Timekeeping, Math and Science, Leap Second Abolished, Leap Second, Calendar, Leap Second Saved, Ap, Science News

GENEVA (AP) — The leap second may live on for at least another three years. Once or twice a year, the leap second can be tacked on to...

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Bottom Line on Mathematics Education

David Mumford | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: America Math, Mathematics, Common Core State Standards in Mathematics, Math Education, Ccssm, Math and Science Education, Math, Math and Science, U.S. Math Rankings, Education News

If we want future adults to learn to use mathematics then we must show them how mathematics is used in ways and situations that are genuine and that are relevant to their own experience. This isn't really all that hard.

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I Hate That Kids Hate Math!

Kelly Trotter King | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Math Proficiency, Education, Math Education, Math, Math and Science, Teaching, Teaching Math, Education News

After 16 years as an educational consultant, one of the most often heard phrases that makes me cringe is, "I hate math!". This is generally followed b...

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The Best And Worst States For Math And Science Education

Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: State Education, Video, Education, Education Readiness, Math, American Institute of Physics, Math and Science, Engineering Education, Science, Math and Science Education, Florida State University, Math Education, Science Education, Statistical Research Center, Education News

In recently released rankings of how states' primary education systems are preparing students for careers in engineering, Massachusetts, Minnesota and...

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It's Time to Stop Lying to Students and Parents and Raise Our Educational Standards

Craig R. Barrett | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Education, Common Core, Assessment, Math and Science, Economy, Global Competition, Innovation, Standards, STEM Education, Education News

It's time to use honest assessments and do the hard work of getting more of our students to clear the bar. Together, we can stop the race to the bottom for American students.

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Innovate: Education -- The Next Literacy

Mickey McManus | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Math and Science Education, Stem, Education, Math and Science, Video, Education News

What if there were a basic literacy beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic that we missed, or that wasn't necessary until this moment in our history?

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There's a Fire on the Mountain

Mickey Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Artistic Thinking, Education, The Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, Humanities, Math and Science, Arts, Grateful Dead, STEM Education, Mickey Hart Huffington Post, Education News

The rhythm of the conversation for how we should educate our children, which tends to focus on science, technology, engineering, and math, is missing a beat: STEM needs an A, for the Arts.

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Engineers, Start Your Right Brains

Godfrey Mungal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Innovation, Math and Science Education, Engineers Without Borders, Math and Science, Engineering, College News

College students who graduate with engineering degrees have a moral obligation to help the world's poor and under-served with basic needs, like gaining access to clean water, adequate lighting or cooking fuel.

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Proposed Budget Cuts Promote an 'American Brain Drain'

Andres De Los Reyes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Math and Science Education, Federal Budget Deficit, Math and Science, Budget Cuts, Budget, Education News

Whatever savings the federal government seeks to make by cutting federal support for innovative science investments will only lead to substantial costs in future years.

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From Shy Student to Engaging Engineer

Rozalia Beica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stem, Math and Science, Technology, Education News

If you have the passion and the drive and are willing to work hard, you will find what you like and you will succeed.

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Back to School: Time to ReSET

Harold Sharlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Math and Science, Public Education, Video, Politics News

Recently while sitting in my neighborhood Starbucks I looked up from my reading to find myself looking in the face of a ten-year-old. "I know you" he said. "You did those electrical experiments in my classroom." Ah celebrity.

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Reengineering America's Future

Chris Forbes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stem, Math, Business School, Math and Science, Finance, Service Sector, Science, Mathematics, Financial Crisis, Mbas, Business News

For every new Ph.D. in physical sciences, the US graduates 50 new MBA's, and 18 lawyers. So why should we care? Simply put, our jobs and economic security are at stake.

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A Test for Our Nation

Linda Darling-Hammond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Math and Science, Obama Education, Education Policy, Education Reform, Higher Education, Schools, China, Programme for International Student Assessment, Politics News

Today, the U.S. is the only industrialized nation whose next generation is on pace to be more poorly educated than the last -- a shocking blow to the American Dream. We need a new strategy.

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Educating Our Own Computer Hackers

Tom Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Math, Math and Science, Top Coder Open, Cyberattacks, Education Reform, Top Coder, Computer Hackers, Politics News

The recent wave of cyber-attacks on American and South Korean websites raises a new kind of security issue: Do we have enough brainpower in the pipeline to counter such sabotage in the future?

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