1. Since 1989, hundreds of millions of dollars have been awarded--by
the National Science Foundation, the ExxonMobil Foundation, and other
Foundations--for "math-science reform." This money has gone to
assorted pseudo-educators who have been promoting all sorts of
rubbish. Why didn't David E. Henderson expose this fact?
2. While Kevin B. Sullivan was a state senator, he served on various
education committees. He was also on the Board of Directors of the
Connecticut Academy for Mathematics and Science Education and of the
CBIA/Math Connections group. These outfits have received tens of
millions of dollars from the National Science Foundation--money that
has been used to further the pseudo-education of students.
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courant.com/news/opinion/op_ed/hc-science.artaug12,0,6251573.story
U.S. Falling Behind In Science Education Most Grad Students Are From
Other Nations
DAVID E. HENDERSON
August 12, 2008
The journal Science recently re****ted that the two primary sources for
graduate students in science and technology at American universities
are schools in China. South Korea is poised to take over third place
within a few years.
Overall, two-thirds of American science and engineering graduate
students are foreign students. [snip]
David E. Henderson is professor of chemistry at Trinity College.
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courant.com/news/opinion/op_ed/hc-sullivan.artaug12,0,1588228.story
Learning Centers Offer Hands-On Experience
KEVIN B. SULLIVAN
August 12, 2008
The results are in. As expected, Connecticut's first science
*****sment is a wake-up call. Statewide, 45 percent of our fifth-
graders failed to reach the goal in grasping the foundations of
science. [snip]
Kevin Sullivan is president and chief executive officer of The
Children's Museum in West Hartford. He is a former state senator and
lieutenant governor.
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