Dr. Sara Silvertone's participation in  The Mud Pies to Dinosaur Bones STEM conference made headlines in November when she was interviewed by the Tompkins Weekly.  The article notes that Dr. Silverstone explained that the "educational system needs to value struggle and failure, because that is how children learn to ask questions, test hypotheses and refine their research." Click this LINK to read the full article by Sue Smith-Heavenrich.