social issues

Two short clips on YouTube of blogger Nick Burbules being interviewed in Argentina about technology and education. Cross posted from Educat...

Presidential rhetoric has always been an instrument of public education. in retrospect it is remarkable how effectively Ronald Reagan used...

As many educators already know, the challenge of public understanding of science is not limited to the general public, but is also present a...

In today's LA Times, the article "Parents are urged to demand more from LA schools," presents an odd and interesting juxtaposi...

This is cross-posted from Education Policy Blog. So once again two "former governors from different political parties who remain passio...

Justice Stephen Breyer’s underpants made the national news last week, when the Supreme Court heard the case of Safford Unified School Distri...

Last month, Gary Goodyear (pictured left), Canada’s Minister of State for Science and Technology, created a scandal when he refused to answe...

Woody Lewis at Mashable writes that on-line social media have replaced the traditional newspaper/magazine media as sources of fast breaking...

Debbie Harbeson at Blogging Tips states that Blogging is Better than School. The mental habits we pick up in school are deadly when blogging...

Cross-posted from the Journal of Educational Controversy Blog. The progressive language implicit in many of President Obama's programs w...