Rosalind Barnes is the Public Awareness Director for the Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics, a 5 year initiative by the University System of Georgia in conjunction with a grant from the National Science Foundation. The purpose of PRISM is to connect high schools and colleges to insure students are achieving in math and science by changing the way teachers teach so that learing is interesting and students are motivated.
We have known for years that American students are falling behind China and India when it comes to Math and Science. It is so bad the government is apparently increasing funding for math and science!
Imagine that! More money for education! I guess my question is, what program did they cut?
Maybe there is hope. Maybe.
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Jenny House is associated with the Coastal Georgia Regional Office of the Georgia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Jenny tells us about the ongoing research to find drugs that will help postpone the debilitating effects of this disease, as well as how any of us can get help from the Alzheimer’s Association in dealing with this dreaded disease.
Learn about alzheimer’s. Did you know that almost 50% of people over the age of 85 suffer from alzheimer’s? That is a lot of people. Take a tour of the brain!
The Alzheimer’s Association helps fund research and provides a source for people dealing with the disease to obtain help an support. If you want more information, they have a great website where you will find all sorts of information, including diagnosis, treatment, what to do if you have alzheimer’s, how to support others who suffer, where to go for help and how to join the effort to make a difference in the fight.
And, of course, if you have a mind too, you can donate to the effort.
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A techno friend of mine sent me this article predicting the creation of artificial life in 3 to 10 years. As far as I can tell, real life is a little further off!
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