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New Content at SusanOhanian.Org!
Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:59:24 -0600 (CST)
- To: announce@susanohanian.org
- Subject: New Content at SusanOhanian.Org!
- From: Susan Ohanian <susano@gmavt.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:59:24 -0600 (CST)
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Teaching Kids to Care
Kimberly A. Marciniak
0000-00-00
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1486
A Texas teenager describe a course instituted to teach students important character traits.
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Politicos Examine Promotion Policy
Carl Campanile
New York Post
2003-12-11
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1487
New York Mayor Bloomberg's office promised yesterday that the city will revamp school promotion policy after a panel of experts complained that thousands of students who flunk standardized exams are still being promoted. And check out the experts.
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Magnets' Test Score Advantage Minimal
Nancy Trejos
Washington Post
2003-12-11
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1488
A Prince George's County school system study has concluded that many of its magnet programs have not significantly improved student performance on standardized tests.
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'I just want to get out of school'
Irene Sege
Boston Globe
2003-12-11
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1489
'I just want to get out of school'
As classsmates look toward college, struggling seniors work hard to keep their focus on graduating.
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Preteen Ritalin May Increase Depression
Daniel DeNoon
WebMD Medical News
2003-12-08
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1490
Ritalin use in preteen children may lead to depression later in life, studies of rats suggest.
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To the editor
Alfred Gutmann
Boston Globe
2003-12-10
http://susanohanian.org/show_letters.html?id=216
A one-sentence letter delivers the stuff.
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More and More State Legislators Finding Problem with NCLB
Robert Tanner
Boston Globe
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http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_news.html?id=241
Trying to balance budget worries with demands from the federal No Child Left Behind law, state legislators are planning to press for more money and flexibility to meet its requirements.
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How Feds Claim Educating America's Students Can Be Based on Science
U. S. Department of Education
Press Release
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http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_news.html?id=242
The feds have released a guide they claim is designed to be a user-friendly resource for identifying and implementing evidence-based practices that may improve educational and life outcomes for the children that state and local officials serve.
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Truth Left Behind
Yvonne N. Baicich, elementary school teacher
Prince Georges County Journal
2003-12-11
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=272
A Maryland elementary school teacher rips apart NCLB, including the professional development trainers shipped in from Texas.
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Cooking the Graduation Numbers
Jay P. Greene and Greg Forster
Los Angeles Times
2003-12-11
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=273
California bends graduation figures from schools to avoid federal funding cuts.
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NCLB Calls Veteran Teachers Unqualified
Toni Callas
Philadelphia Inquirer
2003-12-11
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=274
For two decades Mary Steinhauer taught remedial math to 9th and 10th graders at Riverside High School. Now she's been declared unqualified--not by the people who know her work--but by the federal government.
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ESEA--A Clear and Present Danger
Michigan Education Association
2003-12-10
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_stories.html?id=85
The Michigan Education Association has posted this message:
WARNING: Your neighborhood public school is being set up and as a result your child will be labeled a failure.
