The new statement read in part: "In light of new information we have received from these scientists, schools in rural districts will now be required to allow guns on their campuses in order to end the brutal grizzly massacres that have killed thousands of school children across the nation".
Scientists and school board candidates -- even the governor -- said Kansas would seem embarrassingly backward if the new science standards stayed in place.
Scientists attend school for over 20 years so it is something that they all know.
This makes science much more accessible to the general population, DIY and amateur scientists, grade school science labs, etc.
One of the pieces is the department's $180 million Math and Science Partnerships, which allow states to fund joint projects by university scientists and school districts.
Lectures by prominent industry figures; organized mixers between UCSF scientists, business school students, and biotech professionals; and national business plan competitions all figure into the mix.
These political maneuvers, although not successful in their legislative efforts, have created an opportunity for scientists, public school educators, and the general public to consider the merits of the theory of evolution and more particularly to consider why access to this knowledge matters.
The "creative" community is not just artists; it's everyone from scientists to school crossing guards, from engineers to garbage collectors.
Organisations like STEMNET are already doing great work in getting early career female scientists into schools as ambassadors, and are always looking for more.
Another good place to look would be a new NSF program that is designed to promote interactions between physical scientists and schools.
This preliminary data provides a good bottom-up source of suggestions for improvements for future collaborations with high-school students, and shows that the basic design of this project may be used as a template for future collaborations between informal science educators, scientists and schools.
