science education
Democratize Astronomy Now!
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Slate Readers’ Brilliant Ideas To Fix Science Education
Showcase research in public, put cool engineer characters on TV, and more.
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Let’s Copy How Finland, South Korea, and Canada Teach Science
Lessons from teachers whose countries excel at science education.
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Why Johnny Can’t Add Without a Calculator
Technology is doing to math education what industrial agriculture did to food: making it efficient, monotonous, and low-quality.
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How To Stop Science Alienation Syndrome
Split K-12 science education into two tracks, for majors and nonmajors.
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The Gambler and the Scientist
A day at the races teaches us about our unscientific notions of “science literacy.”
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The Five Misconceptions About Teaching Math and Science
American education has not declined and other surprising truths.
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We Don’t Need More Scientists—We Need Better Ones
A chemist responds to Slate’s David Plotz’s claim that not enough students are going into science and engineering.
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The Dark-Matter Ages
The U.S. may be losing its place as the world leader in frontier physics research.
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Extreme Marshmallow Cannons!
How the government and private sector can turn American kids on to science through “Making.”
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A Moment of Science
I became an astronomer because I looked through a telescope at age 5. More kids need to experience that joy.
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How To Fix the Gender Gap in Technology
Make your daughter play video games. It will help her get a high-paying job.
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Learning by Making
American kids should be building rockets and robots, not taking standardized tests.
