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[Susan Ohanian <susano@gmavt.net>]

Don't miss the cartoons. Countdown: Another big NCLB cartoon statement coming in two days.

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School Away From School
Emily White
New York Times
2003-12-07
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1465

The author interviewed lots of kids attending virtual high schools and concluded that there is a common thread: the sense that they have escaped something dangerous by getting out of high school.

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Two Views of What School Offers
Kathy Buley and Stephen Farrington
Burlington Free Press
2003-12-08
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1466

A teacher's call for balanced reading provokes a parent to insist on school choice

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Minority Student Graduation Rate Low in Utah
Jennifer Toomer-Cook
Deseret Morning News
2003-12-08
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1467

Utah reports a great disparity in high school graduation rates for whites and minorities.

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Is There Something in the Water Over There in Maryland?
David Nitkin
Baltimore Sun
0000-00-00
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1468

For Maryland school boards grappling with the expense of state-mandated all-day kindergarten beginning in 2007, the state Superintendent is offering an alternative.  Send kids to licensed private child care providers for part of the day. 





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Heroes I Have Taught -- and Who Have Taught Me
Garrett Bauman
Chronicle of Higher Education
2003-12-09
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1469

A community college professor profiles a few students facing very tough odds as they try to redefine themselves. 

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Another Error in MCAS Revealed
Suzanne Sataline
Boston Globe
2003-12-09
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1470



Getting state authorities to admit that diesel fuel can be made with soybeans means the difference between failure and success for students--and points to what's wrong with high stakes tests.

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Students Who Passed Re-Test Get Graduation Ceremony
John McElhenny
Boston Globe
2003-12-09
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1471

Student dispute claims that MA diploma is now worth more than in previous years.

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Reading Makes Readers
Sanjay Bhatt
Seattle Times
2003-12-09
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1472

A rural Washington school begins every day with 20 minutes of silent reading. And their test scores have soared.

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Previous Questionable Practices No Detriment to Getting More Public Funds in the Charter School Scam
Scott Stephens
Plain Dealer
2003-12-09
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1473

Bookkeeping practices of Ohio charter schools are questionable, and previous illegal practices don't seem to stop people from getting new charters.

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Straight Talk on School Spending
W. Norton Grubb
San Francisco Chronicle
2003-12-08
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1474

Governor Schwarzenegger's fledgling finance director, Donna Arduin, declared to the Legislature that "K-12 spending has consistently been overfunded." The writer asks, "Compared to what?"

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Oregon Educators and Parents Urge Senator to Scrap NCLB
Betsy Hammond
The Oregonian
0000-00-00
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_news.html?id=240

A gathering of Portland-area educators and parents urged Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Thursday to stop looking for a way to fix the No Child Left Behind law and instead fight to scrap it altogether. 


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A Teacher Challenges the 100% Rule

Nevada Appeal
2003-10-22
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=266

A Nevada teacher asks Imagine what would happen if the NCLB 100 percent rule applied to other endeavors.

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Real Reform, Like Reading, Isn't So Easy
Lorie Smith Schaefer
Nevada Appeal
2003-12-03
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=267

A Nevada teacher responds to a letter Rod Paige wrote about her previous column. If he's smart, he'll keep quiet this time.

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NCLB:  Point/Counterpoint
Governor Jim Douglas & Angelo Dorta, President , V
Burlington Free Press
2003-12-07
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=268

The Vermont governor and the Vermont-NEA president face off about NCLB.

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Does Kindergarten Need Cops?
Claudia Wallis
Time Magazine
2003-12-07
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=269

Kindergartners are exhausted and aggressive. Violence is way up. Many educators worry about rising academic pressure in kindergarten and first grade in anticipation of the yearly tests demanded by the No Child Left Behind Act.

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Schools Work on Achievement Gap
Stephanie Warsmith
Beacon Journal
2003-12-09
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=270

Article points to the fact that the achievement gap is not just an urban problem but is spreading to suburbia.