President-Elect Obama on Meet The Press

Isn't it encouraging to have a President that will value science again? Another education quote from the interview:

“There is an incredible bully pulpit to be used when it comes to, for example, education: Yes, we're going to have an education policy; yes, we're going to be putting more money into school construction. But ultimately we want to talk about parents reading to their kids. We want to invite kids from local schools into the White House.”

"They Tried To Teach My Baby Science"

The Onion features this shocking story. What kind of sick bastards would do this to a child? This is America, damn it!

Autism and Rainfall

Putting it mildly, I am VERY skeptical about this possible connection between autism and rainfall. But then again, I am not a scientist. I know this is a serious matter, but the American Voices portion on The Onion has some very funny things to say.

Computer Brain Interface

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This is amazing. There is still along way to go in terms of response time and availability with this technology, but think of the possibilities for disabled individuals, including students with severe or multiple disabilities. I got this from the blog Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs.