Questioning Science

The Pizza Story, A Cautionary Tale Once upon a time, in a pizza shop far, far away, pizza makers made pizzas. Not just ordinary pizzas,...

Inspired by a post on Edutopia's Twitter feed : "What's your ONE WORD for the 2014-2015 school year?" I asked 8th grade...

Image courtesy of: Wikipedia Recently a group of national-level politicians has recklessly embraced a “I’m not a scientist” mantra in o...

This week, I heard teachers described as "self-aggrandizing whiners." That's quite the turn of phrase. During times of anger a...

"The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be." —Carl Sagan, Cosmos His eloquence capturing my curiosity and imaginati...

Having endured (survived?) two weeks of state testing—with an additional week yet to go—I feel starved for nourishing, hopeful science. Fo...

Existential questions for a K-8 school pondering its vision and identity: Who Are We? as a school as a level (middle, elementary) as ...