Isn’t school supposed to be good for you? Belief in the paranormal — from astrology to communicating with the dead — increases during college, rising from 23 percent among freshmen to 31 percent in seniors and 34 percent among graduate … Continue reading
Should teachers be given more leeway? Yep. In schools today we place an incredible emphasis on success, perhaps to a fault. I will be the first to argue that every student and every teacher should experience genuine success on a … Continue reading
John Hawks points out that the majority of High School English Classes are devoid of any serious selections from non-fiction: I want to point out something else: scientific writing of the 1800′s (and I would add the 1700′s to this) … Continue reading
John Hawks discusses the trouble with the lack of Evolution teaching in High School Biology classes. What really does concern me is the absolute minimal amount of time that high school biology courses spend on evolution. Without evolution, biology really … Continue reading
