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Jack Hassard

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Jack Hassard, Ph.D. is Emeritus Professor of Science Education at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. He is an internationally known science educator, researcher and writer. His books include Minds on Science, The Art of Teaching Science, The Whole Cosmos Catalogue of Science, Science as Inquiry, Environmental Science on the Net.

He’s been blogging since 2005 at jackhassard.org. His blog writing served as the foundation for The Trump Files. His book is a vivid, real-time documentation of the nation’s turbulent Trump years returning citizens to those troubling days of not-so-very-long-ago to help deal with the future.

Jack Hassard has also spent an adventurous career as a “Citizen Diplomat”, traveling extensively through Russia and t ...more

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	The Trump Files: An Account of the Trump Administration's Effect on American Democracy, Human Rights, Science, and Public Health 4.32 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Teaching Science: Inquiry and Innovation in Middle School and High School by Jack Hassard (Goodreads Author), Michael Dias 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Science As Inquiry, Grades 5-8: Active Learning, Project-Based, Web-Assisted, and Active Assessment Strategies to Enhance Student Learning 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Do We Teach Science? (Science Education eBook Series 5) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Enigma of High-Stakes Testing in Science (Science Education eBook Series 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extreme Earth: The Importance of the Geosciences in Science Teaching (Science Education eBook Series 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minds on Science: Middle and Secondary School Methods 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Environmental Science on the Net: The Global Thinking Project: Grades 5-8: Teacher Resource by Jack Hassard (Goodreads Author), Julie Weisberg 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adventures in Geology 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mischief of Standardized Teaching and Learning: How Authoritarianism is Damaging Public Education with its Canopy of a Common Core, High-Stakes Tests and Market-Based Hooey by Jack Hassard (Goodreads Author), Virtual Voice (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Story the Administration Wants You to Forget (and the One We Can’t)

The Murder of Alex Pretti I’ve spent a long time inside the documents. Inside the statements, the press conferences, the executive orders, the “clarifications,” the walk-backs, the denials, the re-denials. Inside the language that pretends to be law while acting like power. That’s what The Trump Files, First Edition is: a chronicle of Trump’s first […]

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