Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Amidst the tragedy… Moore, Oklahoma provides the nation a teachable moment.
Speaking of teachable, let’s start with those teachers. Every news vignette reminds us that our K-12 teachers are instructors, but far...
Hard Luck, Hard Lessons in Moore
While we hope, pray, and provide for survivors of Monday’s tragedy in Moore, Oklahoma, it is impossible to ignore the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Comfort in the aftermath of (another) Moore tornado
What is your only comfort in life and in death? A stunned town and a distraught nation cry out in...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Tapped Out
another guest post from George Leopold… It’s not the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, but the drought gripping the American...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
When it comes to STEM, “both-and” is better than “either-or.”
Last month, the White House issued an important statement on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. The statement builds...
AMS Programs
AMS Names New Policy Program Director
Beginning this month, Paul Higgins has succeeded Bill Hooke as director of the AMS Policy Program. Hooke will move into...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Climate change and the nation’s infrastructure draws scrutiny from the GAO… and the AMS
Climate change continues to draw attention and concern from those focused on long-range planning, and big-ticket items, such as the...
AMS Programs, Perspectives
AAAS Finds Some Good News in R&D Budget
by George Leopold, AMS Policy Program Our friends at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have sifted...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The outlook for reducing losses from natural hazards
The other day a colleague was in my office and as part of the conversation she and I did a...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A TALE OF TWO NAPA VALLEYS
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was...
