Opinion
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Why regional climate forecasts are meaningless
Opinion -Regional assessments of future climate change. That first word, “regional,” should strike fear in the hearts of anyone who believes factual evidence is an essential prerequisite for any informed policy decision. -
Beacons of Hope for Education Reformers
Opinion -Even if it's easy to be free, what's your definition of freedom? and who the [expletive] are you, anyway, who the [expletive] are they, who the [expletive] am I to say, what the [expletive] is really going on? How did the cat get so fat? -
Violence in Schools Is Down
Opinion -Despite the widespread public perception of schools as unsafe and violent places, children in school or traveling to or from school are a third less likely to become victims of violence than when they are away from school, according to the Bureau of -
Heroes of Sound Science
Opinion -"Don't rock the boat" can be sound advice for a small craft plying rough seas. When the boat being rocked is the ship of state, scientists who question the captain's judgement could find themselves walking the plank. -
EPA’s Black Hole of Data
Opinion -On July 13, EPA published in the Federal Register its final rule on the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program, aimed at establishing "a process for making decisions in a common sense, cost effective way on how best to restore polluted waterbodies. . . . -
The oceans are fine: Worry about the media
Opinion -PBS ran a two-hour NOVA special on global warming during the week of Earth Day 2000. While much could be said about the program’s balance or lack thereof, the documentary is remarkable for another reason: PBS interviewed the wrong scientist. -
Supreme Court: Feds must pay for broken oil contracts
Opinion -In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that the federal government must repay two oil companies, Marathon Oil Co. and Mobil Oil, for breach of contract for offshore oil leases. -
Cold warriors never die, they just turn green
Opinion -In a February interview with Environment & Climate News, Dr. Walter E. -
Read the Best of High School Writing
Opinion -Schools with low standards, teachers with low expectations, and students who dislike to read, cannot write, and are ignorant of history. We're all too familiar with the problem, but what can one person do about it? -
Boom in Alternative Teacher Certification
Opinion -Over the next ten years, a wave of veteran teacher retirements and a surge in student enrollments are expected to produce widespread, severe teacher shortages across the country. -
Are Florida’s Tests So Difficult?
Opinion -Here are sample questions provided by edutest.com for the eighth-grade Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in math. Edutest.com produces practice tests used by school systems for various standardized exams. -
Teacher Union Raises Dues to Fight Vouchers
Opinion -At the National Education Association's 79th Annual Representative Assembly in Chicago on July 3-6, the 2. -
State Slaps Michigan Schools
Opinion -Calling it "a win for kids," the Kids First! Yes! -
Biodiesel fuel meets Clean Air requirements
Opinion -With the Environmental Protection Agency’s reformulated gasoline program under fire for polluting groundwater, increasing prices, and failing to meet clean-air goals, a new alternative fuel has arrived on the scene that could solve these problems -
Corn yields truth about summer drought
Opinion -The most impressive thing about this summer’s vaunted drought—called an “ultra-drought” by CBS icon Dan Rather—is that it wasn’t one. -
Where are the Yanks?
Opinion -They call it the U.S. National Assessment, yet there isn’t an American model to be found. Where are NASA and Jim Hansen? Where’s the National Center for Atmospheric Research? -
09/2000 State Education Roundup
Opinion -Alabama * California * Connecticut * Georgia * Illinois * Kansas Minnesota * Missouri * Ohio * Oklahoma * Utah * Wisconsin ALABAMA Teacher Union Two-Faced on Pay Raises While publicly blasting a proposed 20 percent pay raise for Birmingham -
EPA releases new dioxin report
Opinion -A new study draft released by the Environmental Protection Agency in June labels dioxin “carcinogenic to humans,” concluding the risk of getting cancer from dioxin exposure is 10 times higher than reported in a controversial -
Florida Educators Still Criticize A+ Plan
Opinion -Having directed their attention for the past year to boosting student test scores to avert any possible loss of students to vouchers, many educators in Florida now want the state's A+ Plan to be sidelined so they can go back to the way they were -
Gearing up to Influence November Elections
Opinion -At the National Education Association's annual Representative Assembly in Chicago on July 3-6, teacher union officials detailed the organization's campaign strategy for supporting pro-public education candidates and ballot measures in the November -
Gore vs. Bush in Battle Over School Choice
Opinion -The battle lines on school choice, a key issue in this fall's Presidential campaign, hardened over the summer when Democratic contender Al Gore thundered a "vouchers never" stand before the national teacher unions. -
Law Makes NY Schools Safer for Students
Opinion -For a long time, teacher unions in New York pushed for a law to protect teachers from students. At the same time, schools boards pushed for a fingerprinting law to help them protect students from teachers with a criminal background. -
Making Schools Safe
Opinion -A safe school is more than a place where students and staff behave safely. It is also a place where the physical plant and grounds are safe for students and staff. School safety is not the primary responsibility of school authorities: learning is. -
No Excuses for Low Achievement
Opinion -How to close the gap in academic achievement between minority and white students? Most observers would agree the solution lies in teaching to a higher level of expectations.
