Monthly Archives: August 2022

Enrollment in my department’s algebra-based physics classes, taken by most students majoring in the life and health sciences, is increasing very quickly. I am painfully aware of that because I am my physics department’s new Associate Chair. Therefore, figuring out … Continue reading →

When this year’s ugly district school board campaigns in Florida are over, will anybody remember that one of the responsibilities of our public schools is to give students the opportunity to achieve at the highest level? Of course, many of … Continue reading →

The National Center for Education Statistics recently updated the tables for its Digest of Educational Statistics. Here are some goodies from those tables: Among the national high school graduating class of 2019 (including public and private high schools), 34.9% of … Continue reading →

Every high school student bound for a four-year college who might possibly choose a college major in engineering or a physical, life or health science should take chemistry, physics and at least precalculus, if not calculus. Under no circumstances should … Continue reading →

Girls were dramatically underrepresented in AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C classes in Florida’s public high schools during the 2021-22 school year, according to data posted by the Florida Department of Education. In AP Physics 1, 62% of the … Continue reading →