Merely by existing, this web site — which offers “fast food nutrition lesson plans” for teachers — raises a question some philosophers chew on endlessly: What is reality? A related question, also perhaps of interest to philosophers, and maybe to criminologists: Who is behind the site? The site itself offers this nearly-factless answer: “FastFoodNutrition.org is the nation’s leading independent website devoted to […]
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Are creative students a burden to teachers?
Should this monograph create a stir? “Creativity: Asset or Burden in the Classroom?” Erik L. Westby [pictured here — he is now a teacher at the Russell Byers Charter School] and V.L. Dawson, Creativity Research Journal, 1995, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1-10. The authors, at Union College and Skidmore College, began with this pronouncement: “One […]
Effect of 5th grade on 4th graders
Mike the Mad Biologist [that’s his name for himself] sees an apparent wee flaw in the way some educators [as they call themselves] evaluate things. M the MB writes: One of the supposed key innovations in educational ‘reform’ is the adoption of value added testing. Basically, students are tested at the start of the school […]
Male Teachers & Marriage: the Lowdown
“There is some evidence that men find women in their 20s, who are at the peak of their fertility, most attractive (Kenrick et al., 1996).” Despite its apparent lack of a fully consistent set of supporting evidence, this observation played a pivotal underlying role in a unique research project from professor Satoshi Kanazawa (now based […]