Topic: Vernon Ehlers

MISS BIGELOW Academy gala: Ba-da Big Bang

0 . It was a cosmic confluence of science and stupendous support last week during the California Academy of Sciences 25th Big Bang Gala, which...
Ehlers, of Michigan, says he will not seek re-election to US House seat Rep. Vernon Ehlers, a moderate Republican from Michigan who sought protections for the Great Lakes and funding for math and science education, said Wednesday he won't seek re-election ...

Political Science

This article focuses on as public call issued by grassroots group Science Debate 2008 for a presidential debate on science in the U.S. Supporters of Science Debate 2008 argue that science should be a central theme in the presidential election because ...
the name of the incumbent candidate is italicized, while the candidate we're endorsing is in bold.. Esquire endorses: And while he ultimately gave up that fight in the name of party unity, Hoekstra's impulse to protect the right to privacy ...
U.S. science lobbyists are celebrating after the House of Representatives yesterday rejected a plan to shift $650 million in federal science spending into a program that fosters research by small businesses.. Representative Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) took up the cause by offering ...
PETER HOEY Many factors can make or break a U.S. presidential candidate in the 2008 race for his or her party's nomination. "It's pretty hard to find a candidate from either party who is gung ho for science," laments ...

AAAS News and Notes

American public school students will add one more important exam to their academic calendars this year: But in the absence of national standards for these tests, the exams vary from state to state, and AAAS experts say some of the tests may ...
AMERICA is in trouble," says Vernon Ehlers, a Republican representative from Michigan. The problem, thinks Ehlers, lies in the nation's classrooms: "China and India recognised 20 years ago that the future belonged to nations that educated their children in math and ...
AMERICA is in trouble," says Vernon Ehlers, a Republican representative from Michigan. The problem, thinks Ehlers, lies in the nation's classrooms: "China and India recognised 20 years ago that the future belonged to nations that educated their children in math and ...
The House Administration Committee is set to mark up the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007, HR 811, on Thursday. Sponsored by Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), the bill has 200 co-sponsors. It also directs each state to conduct random manual ...