Testing “Performance” in Science
Fourth and Eighth-graders across New York State are in the midst of taking their 2012 standardized “science performance tests.” With some exceptions (see the May 2012 memo issued by the [...]
Failing with Grace
It is truly a pleasure to see good policy ideas in action. That was my experience this weekend when I attended a FIRST LEGO League Robotics Scrimmage, sponsored by the New York [...]
Girl Scouts Heart Science Education
This article first appeared on February 15th, 2012 on the Demos Blog PolicyShop. It is reprinted here with permission of the author. I celebrated Valentine’s Day yesterday by attending one [...]
Knocking the TGF-β Pathway
In my previous post, I introduced TGF-B and hope you must have enjoyed its company. In this particular post, I want to go little further and explain the signaling pathway [...]
The Science Scene: No Dinosaurs in Heaven
This post originally appeared at www.talkingscience.org on November 1, 2011. No Dinosaurs in Heaven is a documentary that tells a shocking story. Greta Schiller, an established filmmaker, wanted to do something [...]
Steve Jobs’ Higher Calling and Higher Education
More than once in his lifetime, Steve Jobs’ success was cited as evidence that higher education is not only unnecessary for some individuals, but often acts as a detriment to [...]
DIY Sci by Ira Flatow
I just came home from the Flagstaff, AZ, Festival of Science, a ten-day citywide extravaganza, and from the second annual World Maker Faire 2011, at the New York Hall of [...]
Khan Academy – A Teaching Revolution
Here is a revolutionary idea for improving education: Focus on the learning process rather than prepping kids for standardized tests. This idea, discussed in a recent Economist article, is getting [...]
TGF-β Superfamily
TGF-β, the founding member of TGF-β superfamily (consisting of about 40 members of growth and differentiation factors) was discovered by Delarco, Todaro and Roberts etal in late 70s and early [...]
Hello – From TGF-β
Hello – From TGF-β is a guest blog from Dr. Pooja Makkar.This first post serves as a short description of the guest blog with more to come! TGF-β or Transforming [...]
