-
Reflecting on STEM education
Sep 29, 2010
-
Originally published in The Hill, and on TheHill.com, on September 29, 2010 --
When I came to Congress in 1993, the phrase “STEM education” did not exist. That might be hard to believe, given the widespread adoption of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) acronym by today’s...
More
|
-
Competitiveness hinges on skills students learn
Mar 2, 2010
-
What if someone said that we could increase our country’s gross domestic product by over $40 trillion over the next two decades? You might assume we’d be scrambling to make those changes. According to a report issued last month by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), wh...
More
|
-
Education for disadvantaged youth
Nov 2, 2009
-
One of the most effective ways we can prepare our young people for success, and ensure our country’s future economic prosperity, is to invest in quality education for all. Before we were elected to Congress, we both worked hard as educators to provide our children with a solid educational foundation...
More
|
-
Water, Not Oil, Is America’s Most Precious Resource
Dec 1, 2008
-
This summer, when gas prices were skyrocketing across the country, Congress struggled to find a solution that would immediately help people deal with this new financial burden. It is clear that the crux of the issue lies in our dependence upon crude oil. According to the Energy Information Administr...
More
|
-
Don’t bail out Wall Street?
Oct 8, 2008
-
I have heard this countless times over the last two weeks, in response to a proposed plan that would stabilize our financial system, restore liquidity, and rescue families, students, taxpayers, and small business owners in West Michigan from a collapse in our credit system. Even though pundits procl...
More
|
-
Gas Prices
Jul 21, 2008
-
The price of gasoline pinches our pocketbooks, and I know that Michiganders especially are struggling to pay for gas. Truckers face bankruptcy. The American auto industry, long the mainstay of Michigan's economy, cannot sell its main products, big cars, pickups, and SUVs, putting their corporate fut...
More
|
-
Where Is Sputnik When We Need It?
Oct 4, 2007
-
Fifty years ago on October 4, the Soviet Union changed the world by launching Sputnik I into orbit. People who were alive in 1957 vividly remember Sputnik. It shocked the American public and dwarfed the achievements of our rocket program. It was so serious that President Dwight Eisenhower had ...
More
|
|
