Skeptophilia

It's the last week of June, and I just wrapped up another school year.  My 29th overall, which still seems kind of impossible to me unti...

New from the "Merciful Heavens, Please Tell Me We're Not Fighting This Nonsense Again" department, officials at the New York S...

I had a conversation with a student yesterday that illustrated all that is wrong-headed about public education. Our school is fortunate en...

In the last few days, I've been prepping for the start of another school year.  My 29th, which boggles my mind a little.  And although I...

Yesterday, something rather unusual happened; I left an educational staff development day without feeling like I needed to kick a small inno...

One of the first rules of handling data that students learn in science classes is the concept of "significant figures."  Although ...

In his talk "The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" (which you can, and should, watch in its entirety here ), Daniel Pink ...

Last week, I was the unfortunate victim of a science department meeting at my school.  I loathe meetings to begin with, so I already had a b...