Our poles are more than 20% melted. Oceans are rising. Leading scientists expect southern FL to be covered by water in 2050. CO2 output from 80% of our energy systems is accumulating from fossil fuels such as coal oil and gas. Only 20% of our energy is clean energy (geothermal, […]
Month: January 2023
Detroit Schools Has a Difficult Start to the 2006-2007 School Year
There has been a slow and turbulent start to the Detroit Schools ‘ new school year. In a battle over contracts, some 7,000 teachers and 2,000 staff members refused to start school in September. These contract disagreements lead finally to a court battle. The contract disagreement began on August 28 […]
Introduction to Computer Programming and Programming Languages
Since computer science was recognized as a distinct academic field in 1960s, it has made great strides especially in making things a lot easier for humans. One of the issues it has solved is the way problems that need to be addressed have been translated into a code or format […]
Home Schooling and Learning Communities – A Book Review
Home schooling has always been popular, and yet for a brief period in our history we didn’t hear a lot about it, today, all that has changed, as home schooling is definitely back in vogue. The No Child Left Behind Act instituted under the Bush Administration with the help of […]
Kenyan Public Universities – Do They Have an Unfair Advantage?
University education in Kenya has expanded in leaps and bounds over the last twenty or so years. Whereas previously the country had only one university; the University of Nairobi, today there are seven public universities plus many more private universities. The number of form four leavers has been rising over […]
College Grant Money – How Financial Aid Works to Help Pay For Your College
In the US, there is a strong belief that every one should have the same access to tertiary education. This is why there is college grant money available and the aim of it is to bridge the difference between what you can pay yourself. So, the less income you have, […]
5 Practical Steps To Improve Your ACT Science Score
There are two particular skills that you need to cultivate so that you can improve your ACT science score. Mainly, they are your 1) Reasoning skills, and 2) Analytical skills. You should be proficient when it comes to identifying data that are presented in graphs, tables and maps and in […]
The Origin of the 11D World Membrane As a Pascal Conic Section of a 6D-String in 5D Projective Space
The biography of David Hilbert discusses a debate concerning whether it was an intellectual faux pas to advocate advancing the 2000 year old Theorem of Pappus to the status of an Axiom. This issue is notable from a number of perspectives, one being his 1920 proposal establishing the Hilbert Program […]
Gill Ornithology – Third (3rd) Edition (2007) – Book Review And Comparison With Second (2nd) Edition
This is a book review of the third edition of the book Ornithology, by Frank B. Gill, published in 2007 by W. H. Freeman and Company. My experience with this book comes from taking an elective graduate course in the agriculture school, essentially the same as the undergraduate Ornithology course, […]
Over-Identification of Minority Children in Special Education – What Can Be Done?
Are you concerned about the amount of minority children that are being diagnosed with disabilities in your school district? Are you worried about the large numbers of African American boys receiving special education services? Are you concerned about your child who is in a minority group and being found eligible […]