“[T]here is a rising concern that genetic misconceptions are playing into divisive American attitudes about race.” nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/ra…

Fun little plug for what we do in Science Research Seminar at Fairview High School. #sciencefair NoCo Science Education Blog: Creating Student Researchers with Dr. Paul Strode cns-eoc.colostate.edu/2023/1…

I think it's about time.

New paper from the lab and excellent @TRMueller in @ScienceTM. Data on additive effects of boosters in vulnerable people and how T cells still recognize new variants after robust immunological imprint from ancestral SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination. science.org/doi/10.1126/scit…

“Diesel-powered commercial trucks are a major source of air pollution nationwide, particularly affecting people living near ports, warehouses and other facilities involved in intensive shipments of goods.” washingtonpost.com/climate-s…

As you're thinking about classroom assessments next year, remember that we grade against criteria for standards, outcomes, learning goals, i.e., evidence of learning, NOT the vehicle used to deliver that evidence. So, unless we're teaching the assessment format itself, whether or not students do a project, test, paper, demonstration, etc is irrelevant: It's whether or not they presented evidence of their proficiency. This blows the hinges off the doors on the way to success as it opens new and meaningful ways to demonstrate mastery. There's a lot of agency here, which leads to students owning their learning. For some units of study, teachers can even ask students for proposals for how they will demonstrate the evidence of the standard. Then, as with most assessments, ask students to prove their evidence, to explain how the standard is manifested in their presentation. Gosh, this makes learning -- and teaching -- way more fun, and for students, more substantive.

"Mr. Ramaswamy isn’t really a scientist; he made his name in the world of hedge funds and his graduate work was a law degree from Yale." "[His] pitch that his business model would lead to affordable drug prices has not come to pass." nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/po…

I am so thrilled for Dr. Voeltz and her election to the National Academy of Sciences!

Trump lies to gain the advantage in the moment, and his supporters excuse his lying because they don't see him as an actual person. This Is Why Trump Lies Like There’s No Tomorrow nytimes.com/2023/06/28/opini…

"Attacks on higher education are part of .. attacks to repeal the 20th century — .. civil rights .., the feminist movement, the L.G.B.T.Q. movement and the vestiges of any social welfare state." What It Is Like to Teach in the Cross Hairs of Ron DeSantis nytimes.com/2023/06/27/opini…

“And the existence of the group has allowed Mr. Trump to have his small donors pay for his legal expenses, rather than paying for them himself.” via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/po…

This NYT article should have been written several days ago with the title: “Five People Missing at Sea Grip the World While Hundreds of Drowned Migrants Getting a Shrug.”

Santa Fe Sunset and waxing crescent moon.

Florida recently notified us that we must modify any AP courses that include content prohibited by their new laws that restrict instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity. Our response: allaccess.collegeboard.org/o…

Republicans Move to Ban Pride Flags, Abortions at VA Facilities – Rolling Stone rollingstone.com/politics/po…

Illinois Protects Libraries From Book Bans, First of Its Kind – Rolling Stone rollingstone.com/politics/po…

Honestly, looking back on my old papers is painful. It is insane that we expect biologists to simultaneously become domain experts AND statisticians in a handful of years, while publishing.l along the way. How can new scientists ...

Great advice from Nikola #Jokic. As a teacher, one of the hardest lessons for me has been failure and how to reflect and improve from the experience. But it’s taken more than a couple of years; it’s ongoing. Go Denver Nuggets!

FL teachers and sane parents are starting to push back at right-wing insanity: “No one is teaching your kids to be gay. Sometimes they are just gay. I have math to teach. I literally don’t have time to teach your kids to be gay.”washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

I was today-years-old when I learned that the Masi Speciale 105 steel frame bike I bought in 2009 (to replace my 1982 Trek) is the same make as the Masi Gran Criterium that Dave Stoller (Dennis Christopher) rode in the 1979 classic movie, Breaking Away.