Category: Education

REGENERATIVE SURGICAL PEN DRAWS WITH STEM CELL INK

Scientists at the University of Wollongong developed an instrument that uses stem cell ink to reconstruct cells. The BioPen is a handheld 3D printer that lets surgeons draw their patients back to health. It can replace traditional surgery techniques, and will dramatically decrease the length of surgery. Patients recovering from this particular delivery method can… Continue reading REGENERATIVE SURGICAL PEN DRAWS WITH STEM CELL INK

Discovery: Earliest Known Prison Memoir Written By African-American

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University announced Thursday that research has determined an 1858 manuscript it acquired is the earliest known prison memoir written by an African-American. The book-length manuscript, titled “The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict” and written under the name Robert Reed, describes the author’s experiences while incarcerated in New… Continue reading Discovery: Earliest Known Prison Memoir Written By African-American

Homeless Man Learns to Code, Launches App

A homeless man in New York, after receiving coding lessons from a helpful Samaritan, has launched a new app for carpooling with a focus on saving the environment. (Credit: Journeyman) Back in August, programmer Patrick McConlogue offered homeless man Leo Grand a choice: US$100, or 16 coding lessons. Grand, who had been homeless since 2011 after losing… Continue reading Homeless Man Learns to Code, Launches App

What Does Your Hair Say About Your Health

It is important to know that some conditions affect your hair as much as your body, the following guide will help you separate myths from facts when it comes to your health. Dry, limp, thin-feeling hair Hair dyes, hair blowers, and swimming in chlorinated water may lead to dry hair, but be alert because it… Continue reading What Does Your Hair Say About Your Health

Teaching, Unions and Social Justice

Giving of course my humble opinion, I believe we are at the high water mark of the anti-union, pro-market-force, evaluation-by-testing mania that’s gripped education. Or I could be seriously deluded and education is going through a profound change that will see radically different protocols for years to come. Monday is the National Day of Action,… Continue reading Teaching, Unions and Social Justice

The Race to the Bottom

The know-nothings who decided that market-based reforms were just what the public schools needed can look to New Jersey for proof that what they have wrought is having its intended terrible effect on education. The corporate takeover is going according to plan. The worst victims are the students themselves. One of the warnings that veteran… Continue reading The Race to the Bottom

Common Core: At Least the Website Works

I am nothing if not a good sport and an optimist by temperament, so when I read this NJ Spotlight article about a website full of great information and resources for teaching the Common Core Curriculum Standards, I took a look. The site, njcore.org, is well-designed, if a bit busy, and you can sign up… Continue reading Common Core: At Least the Website Works

Uh Oh: Christie Shows His True Color

If you haven’t seen the picture, here it is: This is Governor Christie scolding a teacher on Saturday for questioning his education policies. A full accounting of the event can be found on Jersey Jazzman’s site. But as always with this governor, the picture really tells the story. Here is a man who wants to… Continue reading Uh Oh: Christie Shows His True Color

Inflation: Letting The Air Out Of Teacher Pay

As if being a teacher isn’t enough of a financial challenge, here’s some worse news, compliments of a front-page article in Sunday’s New York Times about the Federal Reserve possibly injecting some inflation into the economy. Right now it’s an intellectual argument, and if you’ve ever studied the Great Depression of the 1930s, you know… Continue reading Inflation: Letting The Air Out Of Teacher Pay