Opinion
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We Must Defend the Scientific Process
Opinion -As I pointed out in my editorial last month, a new paradigm is taking hold in environmental science. -
When it’s OK to ignore the data
Opinion -In at least one other instance, data selection highly influenced the conclusion that computer models were correctly simulating global warming. That was in the July 1996 paper by Santer et al. -
Explanations for the Test-Score Gains
Opinion -After two groups of researchers recently found large test score gains among students who received vouchers in four different U.S. cities, they then looked for explanations. -
Overwhelming Support for Arizona Bilingual Initiative
Opinion -Arizona voters will decide the fate of their state's bilingual programs on November 7. -
What Will Vouchers Bring?
Opinion -The future under vouchers: A divided society, driven by self-interest. Racial segregation. Religious separatism. Ethnic divisiveness. Rich versus poor. Discrimination in enrollment. Children left behind. Tuition rip-offs. Cheating. Fraud. -
Another Natural Chlorinated Compound Discovered
Opinion -Researchers with Canada’s Wildlife Service have discovered a brominated and chlorinated chemical, C10H6N2Br4Cl2 (1,1-dimethyltetrabromodichloro-2,2-bipyrrole), in marine aquatics. -
Don’t Turn Your Back on Science: An open letter from biologist Richard Dawkins to Prince Charles
Opinion -Your Royal Highness, Your Reith lecture saddened me. I have deep sympathy for your aims, and admiration for your sincerity. -
Research Documents the Benefits of School Choice
Opinion -“The results across these studies are so consistent and strong that I'm developing a pretty high level of confidence that offering families choice improves student achievement. -
Michigan Lawmakers Exercise School Choice More than the Public
Opinion -Earlier this year, The Heritage Foundation conducted a survey to determine whether elected officials exercised school choice at a higher rate than the population at large, where about 10 percent of families send their children to nonpublic schools. -
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Perspectives on Technology in Education
Opinion -Computers in the Classroom: A Net Positive? The federal government is spending in excess of $4 billion a year on the E-Rate program to connect all schools and libraries in the nation to the Internet. -
America’s railroads and the World Wide Web
Opinion -If you ever wonder what the World Wide Web will mean for economic growth in the 21st century, look to the 19th century and the history of American railroading. Historian Stephen E. -
USDA: Increased ragweed pollen a “troubling” effect of higher CO2
Opinion -If any of the Washington muckety-mucks should be ecstatic over increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the air, it should be the Secretary of Agriculture. -
On the fire line
Opinion -As of mid-September, some 78,406 fires have burned 6.9 million acres of U.S. forests, making Summer 2000 among the nation's worst fire seasons in a half century. -
Poll Questions With an Agenda
Opinion -"In your opinion, which is the best way to measure student academic achievement--by means of test scores or by [a combination of] classroom work and homework? -
Surprise! Freedom in Education is Good, Too
Opinion -States that provide their citizens with a wide range of alternatives for the schooling of their children also are places where students achieve high scores on national tests, according to a new study from the Manhattan Institute for Public Policy -
U.N. gathering adopts ‘Millennium Declaration’
Opinion -Participants in the 55th annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, held in New York City on September 5-9, adopted by consensus a wide-ranging statement asserting the international organization’s authority over global public policy. -
CRS backpedals on link between wildfires, logging
Opinion -Congressional researchers who in August found little or no relationship between this summer's massive wildfires and the decline in timber harvests now say the possibility of a link "cannot be determined from the available data. -
Water: The Lifeblood of Healthy, Productive Communities — An Interview with Bill Asche
Opinion -Properly drilled and finished drinking water wells bring the most important health benefit that villages can receive. With improved health, people are happier, work harder, and improve the communities where they live. -
Fires scorch seven million acres
Opinion -This year's forest fire season in the West may be the worst since the 1930s. Nearly seven million acres have burned--more than twice what is normal for this time of year--and the peak of the fire season is just arriving. -
Dioxin scare debunked by marketplace reality
Opinion -The long-running and costly health scare over dioxin has finally been debunked. Admittedly, the Environmental Protection Agency recently said dioxin is 10 times more dangerous than the agency previously thought. -
CFC treaty fuels black market
Opinion -New research in the journal Atmospheric Environment warns that a growing worldwide black market in chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) may threaten recovery of the Earth’s ozone layer. -
A decade of ignored warnings
Opinion -1993 A panel of leading American foresters meets in Sun Valley, Idaho. -
New York Times Proves There’s More to Fear than Global Warming Itself
Opinion -In an ongoing saga that seemed to get worse and worse, three organs of impressive reputation—the New York Times, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and Harvard University— managed to verify everyone’s