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Introduction In America, school shootings are one example of a violent event that encroaches on our consciousness, if only for a temporary period of time. Within weeks, it moves into the background of our news cycle and our daily lives, except for the communities directly impacted, as another challenging story takes its place. The recent…
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Introduction My recent experience watching programming to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy led me to wonder about the “enemy outside” versus the “enemy within” us. While we experience temporary solidarity and collective grief upon remembering the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack in the U.S., our society and the political parties that…
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Introduction As a scientist and science educator, I share the feelings of tens of millions of people worldwide who are concerned that we aren’t doing enough to rein in our behaviors that adversely impact Earth’s climate. While I have written other posts on climate change biodiversity loss, and the impact of global warming on ecosystems,…
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Introduction In her book, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, Robin Wall-Kimmerer writes: They are all around me, Cedar Waxwings and Catbirds and a flash of Bluebird iridescence. I have never felt such a kinship to my namesake, Robin, as in this moment when we are both stuffing our mouths with berries…
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Introduction The Department of Education (ED) plays a critical and indispensable role in our national K-12 education system. Dismantling and dispersing its responsibilities among other federal agencies will likely widen the gaps between “red” and “blue” states in meeting students’ educational needs. The ED fulfills its role as a federal bridge in areas where states…
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