Tag: Education

Tina Stavredes, PhD

A long and valued acquaintance died January 3rd, 2024. Dr. Stavredes was a preeminent advocate for quality online teaching and I am proud to say that my role in her many career choices was important. Tina met biology at Normandale Community College attending an introductory course for non majors, which I always enjoyed teaching in…




Cradle to Cradle

Education is lifelong … Remaking the way we make things should apply to education and the multitude of environments in which education exists and functions.




Top Down

The Minnesota Education Amendment is troubling and unlikely to achieve its objective of closing the so-called GAPs.




Blender

An exciting educational software that is both powerful and free.




3-30-3

Action to Make a Difference Years back, I read about a modestly important author, actually a lawyer as I recall, who wrote a couple of novels while waiting for his wife to get dressed for social events. Using those bits of time that crop up almost daily could fuel a revolution if enough people used…




Economics & Education

Over the past two years there has been precious little that has been published in my new iteration of the blog: TGIF Any Day . That Blog continues to strive for a good look at the busy intersection of economics and ecology with continuing concerns for for the role of education in life. Recently I…