Thursday, July 20, 2006

 
Iron Science Teacher In Harlem

Linda Paperella, a science teacher at Harlem's Opportunity Charter School, did her pedagogical version of Iron Chef out in San Francisco last week and emerged the winner of the Iron Science Teacher competition at San Fran's Exploratorium. USA Today has the story here. San Francisco Chronicle version is here. For a description of the school, see this recent piece in the Baltimore Times.
 

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