Here’s an excerpt from the Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Strategic Plan: “We want to make sure that we are exciting young people around math and science and technology and computer science. We don’t want our kids just to be consumers of...
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It’s that time of the year when homework assignments are ramped up. Another month or two, and our kids will be homework-free! Before that, however, it can get a little intense with projects, papers, tests, and so forth! At the same time, the days are longer and our yard and pool entice...
I had always heard the phrase, “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life”, I was fortunate enough to find my passion at a young age. Or maybe it found me? I was taught how the chess pieces move around the age of five, but chess remained...
My piece from Dallas Morning News 1/25/14
It’s been a hectic week and I did not get to completing an original piece to share. Here’s something I wrote that was published a little while ago. I’ve inserted some new comments in bold italics. These did not appear in the original newspaper column. Let Youths be Science...
An Open Letter to Fareed Zakaria in Response to his Opinion Piece Click here to view Fareed Zakaria on his opinion piece in the Washington Post, March 26, 2015: Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous Dear Mr Zakaria, Both my husband and I appreciate your journalism...