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Although most facilities there are used exclusively by researchers, on the third Thursday of every month at 8 p.m. the observatory does sponsor a public program using the large refraction telescope on the observatory's roof...
...different topic every month, always about astronomy or astrophysics," says Megan M. Watzke, director of the "Observatory Nights" program. "It gives the public a unique chance to talk to astrophysicists and to see people who are at the top of their field...
Despite the buzz yesterday concerning the latest eclipse, astronomy in Cambridge may be on the wane--at least among undergrads. According to Watzke, the "Observatory Nights" program--which is consistently popular among Cantabridgians and Bostonians alike--attracts few students...
Mincberg estimated that if a national voucher program were instituted $16 billion would go to students already in private schools. Elmore suggested that, rather than instituting a voucher system, school districts should concentrate on increasing performance educational performance standards to improve public schools...
Elmore attributes very little of this improvement to the public school choice offered, but said he would not oppose such a program...