ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Energy Secretary Steven Chu has selected a team from the University of New Mexico and Arizona State University to compete in next year’s solar decathlon. Continue reading »
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A Missed Opportunity for Reform
One thing I didn’t have the opportunity to get to in this story about science education is the fact that a little over a year ago, New Mexico could have taken a turn in a very different direction. That’s when 11 states, New Mexico among them, applied for waivers from No Child Left Behind. Continue reading »
To Ban or Not to Ban
This article about the forget-the-regulation-we-want-zero-fracking grassroots organizations in New York must be a dream for Thomas Linzey, who I spoke with recently about environmentalism’s locavore movement. I’ll be posting our complete interview here soon. Continue reading »
The “C” Words
To me, the most interesting question in this story about Environmental Literacy is whether advocates will be able to frame the proposed graduation requirement as a tool to help teachers and students excel in a system focused on evaluation (in other words, improve test scores) or whether it will be seen as one more subject to be squished into an already-packed school year. It’s a relevant debate.
Unfortunately, my suspicion is that as soon as the words “climate change” enter the story (which they do, at about 1:14), there are some people who will immediately see this as a political issue. Continue reading »
