Defining scientific literacy and discussing approaching to teaching it in the PreK-12 classroom

I read recently that experts in any field do not often make the best teachers. It was the opposite of the old “those who can’t do, teach” and the writer, Adam Grant in the New York Times, was suggesting that, often, “those who can do, can’t teach.” That took me back to April 1972, when […]

Students at Sunnyside High in Fresno, California, can now enroll in a multimedia and marketing course, thanks to a recently remodeled CTE classroom that promotes hands-on learning. CHALLENGE: Educator Tamela Ryatt had taught traditional black-and-white photography for 16 years before Fresno USD shifted the course's focus. The original photography classroom—which housed a large processing sink […]