I am forced to get my science stories from somewhere else and because I am reading about the stories in my favorite newspaper that I wish to see, I will suggest two stories: In the 21st century, American schools must be more competitive in world. American students rank 25th in math and 21st in science compared to students in 30 industrialized countries. (footnote below) What will the eventual result of this be thirty years from now? An in depth look at science in k-12 schools would be good.
Another good story would be one about the future of DNA testing. Should the government create a DNA database of every person born after 2020 to allow our law enforcement to be able to solve cases quicker? Also, DNA or fingerprints would help with missing children cases.
My opinion is that the StarTribune should have more aggressive science writing that focuses on the issues at hand today and less news about computers. If the StarTribune does this, it will be a stronger paper.
1. Statistics on American K-12 Public Education - The Broad Superintendents Academy." Home Page - The Broad Superintendents Academy. Web. 30 Jan. 2010.
Hi Rob. I personally think, if Robin is cool with it, you should write your article about the lack of health and science articles in the Star Tribune, seeing as its something that seems to get to you. It's not exactly, but I feel like you could work biopolitics in by mentioning the huge influence science has on how people life their lives.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise I feel like the story on the DNA database would fit more directly into the assignment and would probably be easier to write about in the context Robin is looking for.