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Subject: Re: Comments in "In Our Time" Newsletter
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:39:29 -0800
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Subject: Re: Students not selecting chemistry
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:31:15 EST
Author: Jim Kaufman


Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 05:26:41 EST
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From: Jim Kaufman <Labsafe**At_Symbol_Here**AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Science Funding
 
 
In our community, interested parents started a "Boosters Club for Science  
Education".  It does all the kinds of things that school parents sports  
boosters club do and more.  It helps to provide the extra resources for  something 
they believe in.   ... Jim 
 
And, when they did a safety audit with a Polaroid camera and gave the  
resulting photo album to the superintendent, stuff got fixed.  What  followed was a 
$6,000,000 renovation.
 
In a message dated 11/11/2005 12:02:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
LISTSERV**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU writes:

Date:    Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:39:29 -0800
From:   Debbie Decker 
Subject: Re: Comments in  "In Our Time" Newsletter

Interesting.

Since I'm currently in a  snarl with my local school district over the dismal
state of science  funding at the high school, this seems timely.  Chemistry
is best  learned experientially and that can be done safely at the high
school level  with things that won't hurt if they get out of hand.  But when
there's  no money provided for consumables, the lab experience goes away and
kids  end up learning chemistry from a book (exceedingly boring, frankly),
not at  the end of their fingers.

Besides getting the Superintendent all  stirred up and wreaking havoc with
the school board, which hasn't resulted  in a single extra dime so far, any
other ideas for helping?  Anyone  else been successful at increasing funding
for science?

Thanks for  your input,
Debbie

 
James A.  Kaufman, Ph.D.
President/CEO
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