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RUMFORD – For decades, Rumford served as a poster child for the nightmarish pollution that turned the Androscoggin River into a foaming, dye-filled mess with fumes so awful they peeled the paint off homes.
It’s not like that anymore.
These days, there are trout, bass and beavers enjoying clear water in Rumford that’s becoming attractive to kayakers and canoeists.
But there’s more to it than meets the eye.
Rumford officials, like many along the river, worry that some are in such a hurry to declare the river is in better shape that they might impose regulatory measures that could stifle existing businesses, push up the cost of upgrading sewage treatment plants and prevent new companies from coming to town.
made it clear it begins with education. this is our generation s sputnik moment. we ll invest in biomedical research, information technology, especially clean energy technology. we need to teach our kids it s not just the winner of the super bowl who deserves to be celebrated but the winner of the science fair. well the president held a science fair of his own at the white house last october feet dooring the winners of local fairs around the country. teachers say the president s policy of holding schools accountable for higher math and redding scores makes it much harder to spend time on creative science. dean gilbert president of the los angeles county science fair and former president of the california science teacher association. does prevent that creative process. richard, the thing about obama s presentation of supporting stem, it s quite admirable, but when you get down
they can start using science projects in terms of creativity, collaboration, that s what s needed. so you agree with the need for that, perhaps the way to get there. i appreciate you stopping by today to talk about this. dean gilbert, president of the los angeles county science fair from burbank. now to a super bowl ad controversial. the blogosphere is buzzing with criticism of pepsi s ad titled love hurt. here s a little bit of it for you. i ll have the french fry the fruit cup. oh. hey, i thought pepsi max, zero calories. maximum taste. honey, honey
accountability level that starts at the federal government. there s so much weighted percentage with ayp and the api at the state level, that teachers and administrators have to take things off the plate and prioritize. what gets prioritized is english, language, arts and math, which contradicts all of the stem initiatives that the president is trying to invigorate across the nation. dean, the president called for a sputnik moment, alluding to how the u.s. space program fell behind in the 50s to the russians which spurred a strong u.s. comeback. you say a sputnik moment today is meaningless, why? no, i think a sputnik moment is absolutely essential but we need to change the reauthorization of no child left behind that treats all of the subjects, including sciences and arts, on an equitiable basis so that we can get science back into the classroom, so that, as the students are doing science,