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...Clinton's new regulations will go a long way to supervise the development of this emerging field, requiring all newly created genetically altered food to be documented with the FDA four months before their release to the public. Scientists at the FDA who will regulate the crops' use will examine the research and decide accordingly...
More importantly, the plan certifies the use of certain scientific tests to detect the presence of biotech improvements in foods. These tests would be used in food labeled biotech free, to ensure uniformity in quality. Those who are afraid of the new technology will have the option to eat unaltered food, and research with genetically altered food can continue until it is proved sufficiently safe. And even the most skeptical will no longer have to worry about being eaten alive by killer tomato catsup. Now that's food for thought...
Math education reformers have a prescription for raising the mathematical knowledge of schoolchildren. Do not teach the standard algorithms of arithmetic, such as long addition and multiplication, they say; let the children find their own methods for adding and multiplying two-digit numbers, and for larger numbers, let them use calculators. One determined reformer puts it decisively: "It's time to acknowledge that continuing to teach these skills (i.e., pencil-and-paper computational algorithms) to our students is not only unnecessary, but counterproductive and downright dangerous...
Some do it for the money. Some say they simply love teaching and can use the summer as a testing ground for new courses. Others say they enjoy exposing a whole new set of students to their favorite topics...
...field, the students are first trained in different methodologies of archaeology and how to approach the past. Then they put their knowledge to use on Mayan digs...