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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,
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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.
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