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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Global Warming: The Truth is Out There
Agriculture has a lot at stake in the climate change or global warming debate. Troubling questions have been raised recently over the science supporting global warming. Continue reading
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Three First Steps towards Effective Teaching
The research shows that kids who have two, three, four strong teachers in a row will eventually excel, no matter what their background, while kids who have even two weak teachers in a row will never recover. – Kati Hancock, President, The Education Trust Continue reading
Science Policy Needs a “Team B” – Part I
The wonderful “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money” statement attributed to Senator Everett Dirksen may be apocryphal, but it remains a prescient warning to our nation’s leaders. Continue reading
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Transparency Roundup
An occasional roundup of web links relating to online governance. Continue reading
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Government Reform Can Yield Large Savings
From fleet management to contracting out road maintenance, there are plenty of ways to produce hundreds of millions of dollars in savings for state government. Continue reading
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