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Why Carbon Caps are Good for U.S. Competitiveness and the Economy

Scott Daniels | Posted 12.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Monitor Group, U.S. Economy, Green Jobs, Competitiveness, Carbon Emissions, Green Technology, Carbon Trading, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Barack Obama, Green News
Scott Daniels

The U.S. doesn't just need jobs. It needs a new basis for competitiveness and growth in global markets. Carbon management isn't the opposite of growth, but a the perfect platform on which to achieve it.

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Putting American Jobs, Competitiveness, and Economic Health First

John J. Castellani | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Jobs, Recovery, Economic Recovery, Congress, Competitiveness, Economy, Employment, Business News
John J. Castellani

New rules would limit the flexibility of U.S. businesses to redeploy capital to geographic areas that show the most promise for growth and also eliminate vital foreign tax credits.

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Nine Myths About Public Schools

Gerald Bracey | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Test Scores, Competitiveness, Schools, Criticism, Myths, Japan, Sputnik, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

The schools were to blame for letting the Russians get into space first: Granddaddy of all slanders and a great illustration of the absolute nuttiness with which people talk about education.

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The Role of the Private Sector in Education

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Competitiveness, Education Reform, Charter Schools, Education, Arne Duncan, Private Enterprise, Atlanta, Mosaica, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

We don't mind if textbook publishers update versions, but hackles go up when private operators propose school management. Most of this is just disguised job protection; the rest is historical bias.

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Young Science USA

James M. Gentile | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Department of Energy, Steven Chu, National Institutes of Health, Barack Obama, Albert Einstein, Competitiveness, Doe, Us-China-Economy, Education Budget, India Economy, Stimulus Higher Education, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, China Tech, National Institute of Health, Education Policy, U.S. Department of Energy, Relativity, Higher Education, Nih, China Economy, Cambridge University, Scientists, Politics News
James M. Gentile

If the future of our nation is not continually renewed by young Americans well supported in their advanced scientific research, we likely will have a very dim future indeed.

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Tiger Woods' Competitive Advantage

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 09.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Mark Goulston, Competitiveness, Competitive-Advantage, Tiger Woods, Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Perhaps Tiger's greatest unforeseen advantage may not be a matter of his having a competitive edge, but rather how everyone else seems to lose theirs.

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Why We Don't Care Give: Instinctual Disconnection

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Parenting, Relationship Advice, Relationships, The Giving Life, Competitiveness, Pets, Raising Children, Wellness, Living News
Dr. Hendrie Weisinger

You won't find wolves not nurturing their mates because they are angry, perhaps a reason wolves mate for life.

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U.S. Fails International Competitiveness Test: Schools (Rightfully) Blamed

Gerald Bracey | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Globa Competitiveness Report, Test Scores, Competitiveness, Incompetence Business Schools, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

Perhaps the misperceptions on the strength of the economy by our national "leaders" are why the U.S. just failed the Global Competitiveness Stress Test.

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A Note on George Carlin about Steroids and Sports from a Practical Idealist

Carol Smaldino | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Competition, Sports, Psychology, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Competitiveness, Sports Medicine, Living News
Carol Smaldino

Battle and competition have become not only endemic to the sports of our times but to how we see the world and how we teach our children.

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America's Biggest Competitive Disadvantage: Its Health Care Mess

Diane Francis | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Care Reform, Competitive Disadvantage, Universal Health Care, Competitiveness, Business, Health Care, Economy, Business News
Diane Francis

Universal health care is not just smart and fair social policy; it is also smart economic policy.

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Integrating Communication to Maximize Influence and Minimize Business Risk

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Burson Marsteller, Competitiveness, Communications, Economic Crisis, Business News
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan

Sincere and regular communication, such as walking the halls, checking in and putting a human face to the words on an internal memo, are critical to maintaining employee confidence.

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Blowing Things Up: In Praise of a Pyrotechnical Education

Dan Dubno | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Competitiveness, Research, Homeland Security, Science, Barack Obama, Explosion, Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Education, Office of Naval Research, Dan Dubno, Obama Budget, Dean Kamen, Robotics, FIRST Robotics National Championship, Bombing, Darpa, China, Business News
Dan Dubno

I'm not suggesting we raise a nation of pyromaniacs. But youthful experimentation is a prerequisite to innovation, to giving kids "license to think outside the box."

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Science is Back in the House

Bill Allen | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, TIMMS Report, President Obama, Inaugural Address, Competitiveness, Secretary of Education, Teacher Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Science, Anti-Science, Mathematics, Barack Obama Inaugural Address, Science Education, Barack Obama, Taiwan, Yemen, England, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Borat, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Education Reform, Schools, Japan, Teaching, Learning, Politics News
Bill Allen

A worldwide study of education in science and math contains a mixed report card for the U.S. The good news: We did manage to beat Yemen soundly.

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Is TIMSS Meaningful?

Gerald Bracey | Posted 01.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Internatonal Comparisons, Validity, Competitiveness, Tests, Economy, Global Competitiveness Report, Style News
Gerald Bracey

The next round of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study hits the street a week from today. It might be good to keep a few things in mind when considering the data.

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The U. S. Produces the Lion's Share of Top Scoring Students

Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.14.2008 | Living

Read More: International Comparisons, India, Test Scores, Competitiveness, Engineers, China, Scientists, Living News
Gerald Bracey

The US has more than double the number of students scoring at the highest level in the science assessment of the Programme of International Student Assessment than any other OECD nation.

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A Kick in the Career: Back To School or Back to Boot Camp?

Thomas Stern | Posted 10.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Resumes, Competitiveness, Kindergarten, Pressure to Succeed, Back to School, Business News
Thomas Stern

Here in Southern California, whence this column originates, kindergarten naps are a thing of the past.

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Our Enduring Competitive Edge

Jeremy Haft | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Recalls, Competitiveness, Trade, Supply Chain, Heparin Recall, US Exports, China, Chinese Imports, Chinese Consumers, China Products, China Economy, U.S. China Economy, Business News
Jeremy Haft

The rash of product recalls reveals that China is not the manufacturing juggernaut we fear -- and that America has an edge we tend to overlook.

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