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Stimulating Innovation: The Key to Economic Recovery & Education Reform

The nation is about to embark on a path toward economic recovery and reinvestment in the future. I am confidant that we can do this. But to listen to some of the Governor's these days, you would wonder what they are thinking, and why they are letting the citizens of...

Billions and Billions, Part 2: A Look at Education "Stimulus" Funding

In this weblog post, I am continuing the discussion started yesterday when I invoked Carl Sagan's signature phrase, "Billions and Billions."  Today I want to look at the budget that the U.S. Department of Education will have as part of the Economic Recovery and...

Billions and Billions: From Galaxies to Dollars—Funding in Science

In the widely popular PBS program Cosmos, Carl Sagan approximated the numbers of planets, stars and galaxies in the Universe as "billions and billions"---his famous catch phrase.   Over the past several months, American's have been reintroduced to the phrase "billions...

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