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All Kids Need Better Access to Science

Walter Massey | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Public Schools, Science Chicago, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Blacks, Chicago, Science Education, Civil Rights, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Chicago News
Walter Massey

The need for identifiable and celebrated minority science figures is no less urgent today than it was during the Civil Rights era.

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California Budget Has Oakland Schools Turning to an Unlikely Solution...Crayfish (VIDEO)

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Ousd, California, Austin De Rubira, California Budget Cuts, Economic Crisis, Crayfish, Science, Oakland Unified Schools, Science Education, California Budget, Deficit, Education, Youth Radio, California Budget Deficit, Youthradio, California Budget Crisis, Shortfall, Caleb Cheung, Politics News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Austin De Rubira In Miranda Carrow's ...

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Let's Ban English in School ... Except in English Class

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 07.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mathematics, Science, Education, Math, Science Education, Universe, English, English Language, Comedy News
Jeff Goldstein

Why isn't math a natural part of all the subjects taught -- as in the case of say .... English?

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The Bronx: Making News Again... This Time in Science Education with GreenFab

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Science, Majora Carter, Hands on Learning, Green Collar Jobs, Bronx, Sustainable South Bronx, Jobs, Science, High School Science Education, Innovation, Bronx Guild, Engineering, Science Education, Dick Riley, Richard Riley, National Science Foundation, Vision Education and Media, Math, Clinton, High School Science, Sustainability, High School, Nyu, Technology, Bronx Week, Green Economic Development, Greenfab, Green News
Linda Cronin-Gross

Today, Kenny Nava, Cathy Jones, Jorge Flores, Samantha Bonilla and about 70 other Bronx high school students will "graduate" from a new, innovative sc...

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Incubating the Scientists and Engineers of Tomorrow -- Today!

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 06.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Alpha Program, Raliat Abiola, Chris Dignam, Alpha Program Lane Tech, CPS Science Fair, Albert G. Lane Technical HS, Chicago Public Schools, Suad Kausevic, Alpha Science and Engineering Program, Lane Tech, Science Education, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

The number of black and Hispanic kids going into science and math-based fields of study in college is painfully low, despite their representation in the U.S. population. But workplace equity is not what gets these kids up early.

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President Obama and the National Academies of Science

James M. Gentile | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Science Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, Science, Science Education, Barack Obama, Politics News
James M. Gentile

It's now up us -- states, colleges and universities, school districts and school boards -- to rise to the occasion to use the resources now available to move the U.S. back to "the head of the class."

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Armageddon Friday

Bill Allen | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Ayatollah, Textbooks, Intelligent Design, Education, Creationism, Science, Texas Board of Education, Religious Right, Texas, Schools, Science Education, Darwin, Evolution, Taxes, Intelligent-Design, Texas Schools Creationism, Intelligent Design in Textbooks, Religion in Schools, Intelligent Design in Schools, Politics News
Bill Allen

The religious right in Texas -- in a move that any ayatollah in Iran would be proud to claim -- is dangerously close to substituting religious dogma for science.

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Science is Back in the House

Bill Allen | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, TIMMS Report, President Obama, Inaugural Address, Competitiveness, Secretary of Education, Teacher Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Science, Anti-Science, Mathematics, Barack Obama Inaugural Address, Science Education, Barack Obama, Taiwan, Yemen, England, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Borat, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Education Reform, Schools, Japan, Teaching, Learning, Politics News
Bill Allen

A worldwide study of education in science and math contains a mixed report card for the U.S. The good news: We did manage to beat Yemen soundly.

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America's Scientific Dream Team

James M. Gentile | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Harold Varmus, Steven Chu, Obama Cabinet, U.S. Science, Jane Lubchenco, Eric Lander, John Holdren, Climate Change, Science Literacy, Science, Evolution, Technology, Science Education, Barack Obama, Government Science, Oregon, Green News
James M. Gentile

It was just over a year ago that at one presidential debate three candidates identified themselves as not believing in the theory of evolution.

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