Looking to make an easy $4M?

Posted by on Jan 29, 2010 in Education | Comments Off Check out this project at FSU designed “to improve our understanding of free will in three spheres: science (especially neuroscience and social psychology); philosophy; and theology.”  I would love to pick up some of this loose change from the John Templeton Foundation … but it does not look like they are soliciting much biblical input.  Look at how the money is being...
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Princeton Footnotes March Concert Captured on YouTube

Posted by on Apr 2, 2008 in Education | Comments Off Check out the Footnotes site for information on the all male A Cappella group our son Steve sings with on the Princeton University campus. Their recent March 28 concert was recently captured on YouTube. You might want to check out the song “All I Ask for” where Steve sings the lead. Other numbers can be viewed under the “Related Videos”...
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Take Home Tests Reward Cheaters and Penalize the Honest Students

Posted by on Nov 23, 2007 in Education | Comments Off My daughter has recently reported an alarming trend at her community college courses (for her high school homeschooling curriculum).  As teachers assign more and more take home tests, the majority of the students think nothing of breaking the rules, collaborating, sharing answers, etc.  Different tests have different rules associated — it might be open-book or closed-book; it might have...
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Driver’s Education Class Offers A Few Worthy Morsels

Posted by on Jun 14, 2007 in Education | Comments Off Now that our youngest of four children has begun her drivers ed program, Karen and I realize that our nest will soon be empty. Julie’s busy social and sports calendar has kept her on the move already; but the extra freedom of a driver’s license will just intensify her mobile tendencies. That’s how it is though with this generation. Last week Jenny was teaching a class in Texas...
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ESP Research Lab at Princeton University Closes Its Doors

Posted by on Feb 11, 2007 in Education | 1 comment Robert G. Jahn founded a Princeton laboratory that is closing after almost 30 years of disputed research on telekinesis and the ability of the mind to influence machines. Brenda Dunne is the laboratory’s manager.  Extra Sensory Perception is one of those wacky arenas where the proponents are fanatical in their convictions and opponents are completely dismissive in their attitudes of...
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Debate Over Value of Chess as Classroom Tool

Posted by on Nov 18, 2006 in Education | Comments Off If schools implement a formal chess program at the appropriate age levels, will there be discernible results in terms of developing stronger cognitive abilities? This has been an age-old discussion. The Knight of Chess Academy has published some findings on this topic on its website: Chess lovers have long contended that chess should be a valuable classroom tool. It can provide an...
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