Columns from 2003

Jan. 4, 2003: Core education courses for knowledge seekers

Jan. 11, 2003: Results of high-stakes testing are the message, not the messenger

Jan. 18, 2003: Tilting at windmills: One woman's impossible Qwest

Jan. 25, 2003: Trying to make sense out of odd integration standards

Feb. 1, 2003: Paraprofessionals' efficacy shouldn't be taken on trust

Feb. 8, 2003: University of Phoenix gets too little credit for its efforts

Feb. 15, 2003:Apprenticeship program a boon for novice teachers

Feb. 22, 2003: Using science to perfect the world a tough proposition

March 1, 2003: IMPURITIES OF POLITICS CAN DILUTE SCIENTIFIC CREDIBILITY

March 8, 2003: HOW CRIES OF RACIAL PROFILING AGAINST POLICE CAN HURT US

March 15, 2003: STUDENTS NEEDN'T SUBMIT MEEKLY TO COLLEGES' WHIMS

March 22, 2003: GRASS-ROOTS EFFORTS OF YORE RESODDED WITH 'ASTROTURF'

March 29, 2003: VISIONARIES IMAGINE A DAY WHEN REAL CONTACT IS MADE

April 5, 2003: RESEARCH IMPLIES DIVERSITY MIGHT NOT BE SO DESIRABLE

April 12, 2003: WORD, WORLD KNOWLEDGE BUILDS KIDS' VOCABULARIES

April 19, 2003: NONE

April 26, 2003: IRAQIS REBUILDING COUNTRY FROM THEIR CHILDREN UP

May 3, 2003: NONE

May 8, 2003: BIOLOGY AND RACE: A CLEARER LINK NEW GENETIC RESEARCH ESTABLISHES FIRMER BASIS FOR CONNECTION

May 8, 2003: CHRONIC DISEASE CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH RACE

May 10, 2003: RACIAL DIVISIONS IN HUMAN BEINGS ARE AS DEEP AS DNA

May 17, 2003:Restoration of marshlands can finally begin in Iraq

May 24, 2003: You might not think so, but corrections are crucial

May 31, 2003: Internet's invasion of the blogs continues apace

June 7, 2003: A revolutionary approach to teacher pay in Denver

June 14, 2003: U.S. DEALT BAD HAND FROM INDEX'S 'STACKED DECK'

June 21, 2003: FLAWED OR NOT, CERTIFICATION PROCESS HAS HAD AN IMPACT

June 28, 2003: IT'S GETTING HARDER TO SEE HUMANS AS BLANK SLATES

July 5, 2003: A way to get the attention of those junk-fax senders

July 12, 2003: ANOTHER HURDLE FOR SOME DYSLEXICS: 'WHOLE LANGUAGE'

July 19, 2003: EARLY CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE, BUT ...

July 26, 2003: HOW OUR LIVES ARE SHAPED BY OUR TIME IN THE WOMB

Aug. 2, 2003: A SPLIT CONGRESS GRAPPLES WITH ENIGMATIC HEAD START

Aug. 9, 2003: HIGH-TECH VOTING MACHINES VULNERABLE TO SHENANIGANS

Aug. 16, 2003: EDITORIAL PAGE STUDY FILLED WITH NONSENSE AND BIAS

Aug. 23, 2003: COMPETITIVE PRESSURE A GOOD THING FOR FLA. SCHOOLS

Aug. 30, 2003: WANT TO IMPROVE STUDENT MEMORY? GET 'EM THINKING

Sep. 6, 2003: TWISTING FACTS AND MATH TO SUIT ONE'S OWN PURPOSE

Sep. 11, 2003: DID NEANDERTHALS COME TO A VIOLENT END?

Sep. 13, 2003: WHY ARE THERE NO NEANDERTHALS?

Sep. 20, 2003: OPEN SOURCE EVOLVED AFTER TINKERING WITH ITS 'MEMES'

Sep. 27, 2003:GOT A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK? TRY 'GENETIC' PROGRAMMING

Oct. 4, 2003: COMPETITION SEEMS TO BE OF GREAT VALUE TO LEARNING

Oct. 11, 2003: WILL WE TAME THE CLIMATE OR WILL IT FINALLY TAME US?

Oct. 18, 2003: MCCAIN-FEINGOLD AIDS IN DUMBING DOWN OF VOTERS

Oct. 25, 2003: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, BUT CAN YOU TRUST ANYONE WITH IT?

Nov. 1, 2003: FRENCH AT IT AGAIN IN LATEST REPORT ON PRESS FREEDOMS

Nov. 8, 2003: AGGRIEVED MAJORITY'S USE OF MINORITY TACTICS TROUBLING

Nov. 15, 2003: ORIGIN OF SOME ARTIFACTS CLAIMED BY INDIANS HOTLY DISPUTED

Nov. 22, 2003: NO RINGING ENDORSEMENT FOR KAISER'S PHONE SYSTEM

Nov. 29, 2003:THINK THERE'S LITTLE GOOD IN VIDEO GAMES? THINK AGAIN

Dec. 6, 2003: Rules-funding mix crucial to choice schools' success

Dec. 13, 2003: Limiting Web access: the view from atop the fence

Dec. 20, 2003: OH, THOSE CONFOUNDING MOMENTS OF . . . UH . . .

Dec. 27, 2003: When what is said is nonsensical, it's TOEFL