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Oklahoma De-funds Science Fair
Kerry Grens | Apr 12, 2017 | 2 min read
Students launch a fundraising campaign to rescue the event, which was a casualty of budget cuts to the state’s education department. 
Life Sciences Salary Survey 2011
Jef Akst and Edyta Zielinska | Dec 1, 2011 | 10+ min read
US salaries are starting to recover after last year’s survey recorded the first-ever drop.
Getting More For Science Education
Jeffrey Mervis | May 27, 1990 | 8 min read
NSF's Bassam Shakhashiri finds new support in his once-lonely campaign for funds to train the next generation of researchers WASHINGTON - After nearly six years of stoking the boiler at the National Science Foundation, Bassam Shakhashiri believes that the train with increased funding for science education is finally leaving the station. And his message to the scientific community is simple: Either climb aboard and lend a hand or be left back at the gate. As NSF assistant director for science a
Science Education Lays Another Egg
D Steinberg | Jun 21, 1998 | 4 min read
When the Third International Mathematics and Science Study found last winter that American 12th graders scored below the international average in physics and advanced math, there was a predictable outcry from politicians and pundits. But the finding came as little surprise to those who consistently track education in the United States. For years, blue-ribbon panels have been decrying the low quality of science education in primary and secondary schools and in colleges. Less well known--and pot
Science Education Needs Case Studies
Clyde Freeman Herreid | Feb 27, 2005 | 3 min read
My very first year teaching, I was humbled by a student in my animal physiology class at the University of Alaska.
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Brazilian Academics Protest Against Budget Cuts
Ignacio Amigo | May 21, 2019 | 4 min read
Blocked resources and the suspension of research scholarships threaten the future of Brazilian science, academics say.
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The Fundamentals of Academic Science Writing
Nathan Ni, PhD | Mar 25, 2024 | 5 min read
Writing is an essential skill for scientists, and learning how to write effectively starts with good fundamentals and lots of practice.
Science Education Standards Meeting Approval, Skepticism
Karen Young Kreeger | Mar 19, 1995 | 8 min read
Daunting challenges, including implementation, assessment, and maintaining public support, lie ahead for NRC's K-12 guidelines Educators and scientists say they are encouraged by the latest version of the National Research Council's science education standards, an effort aimed at defining what United States K-12 students should know about science. The previous draft had been criticized for being at once too specific and inflexible on scientific subject matter and too vague about the practice o
Educators Rally To Salvage Science Dropouts
Jeffrey Mervis | Feb 17, 1991 | 7 min read
Experts urge schools to leave the door open for potential researchers who fall outside the conventional talent pool WASHINGTON--Science educators, searching for ways to avert a projected shortage of scientists, have begun to question the conventional wisdom on how tomorrow's scientists are identified and trained. The prevailing view that scientists are survivors, identified early as the best and brightest of a static pool of talent that shrinks as students progress through school, isn't borne
Education Partnerships Foster Students' Science Literacy
Art Sussman | Mar 6, 1994 | 7 min read
To help remedy this situation, many scientists these days are taking time to share their world--and themselves--with teachers and students from kindergarten through high school. These scientists have a variety of motives: Some simply want to provide assistance in response to a pressing need; they are expressing a concern for providing the next generation of scientists and technicians. Others are seeking a way to reciprocate for the

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