Monthly Archives: October 2022

The tragically poor results Florida’s students achieved on the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress 8th grade math exam foretell a difficult five years ahead in my university physics classroom and the classrooms of my colleagues around the state. Only … Continue reading →

The results of the 2022 NAEP reading and math assessments were released today, and the news was awful for Florida’s pipeline leading to bachelor’s degree-level STEM careers. Only 23% of the state’s 8th graders tested were “proficient” or “advanced” in … Continue reading →

A student’s preparation during the middle and high school years strongly affects that student’s prospects for success in college STEM majors. And parents play huge roles in determining whether students prepare well for college. The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is … Continue reading →

Dear Senator Sasse: Welcome to Florida! Not to be rude, but I’d like to start by correcting something you said in your statement about your likely new job as the President of the University of Florida. You said that UF … Continue reading →

I have been pondering the now-infamous situation reported by the New York Times in the New York University organic chemistry class, where a student petition resulted in the termination of a contract faculty member who had been a national leader … Continue reading →

Some students fail my introductory calculus-based physics class. Those of us who teach these classes generally don’t like to talk about failure, but it happens. Some folks in the real world (that is, the world outside university science departments) don’t … Continue reading →