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Scaling Up: Penicillin and Education
In 1928, the Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming invented penicillin. As the story goes, he invented penicillin by accident, when he left a petri dish containing bacteria on his desk overnight and...
View ArticleWhat the Election Might Mean for Evidence-Based Education
Like everyone else in America, I awoke on Wednesday to a new era. Not only was Donald Trump elected president, but the Republicans retained control of both houses of Congress. This election will...
View ArticleTime Passes. Will You?
When I was in high school, one of my teachers posted a sign on her classroom wall under the clock: Time passes. Will you? Students spend a lot of time watching clocks, yearning for the period to be...
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