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New Content at SusanOhanian.Org!
Sun, 28 Dec 2003 14:06:31 -0600 (CST)
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- Subject: New Content at SusanOhanian.Org!
- From: Susan Ohanian <susano@gmavt.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 14:06:31 -0600 (CST)
We have a new Red Boots cartoon, so it must be Sunday.
The Birmingham Press, which ignores the ongoing push-out of hundreds of African-American students, the World of Opportunity, has noticed the mishandling of money by school officials. Apparently it's okay to mishandle students but money? Now you're talking serious matters.
Susan
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Speaking Up for Children
RATPACK Manatee County
2003-12-27
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1559
A Florida coalition of parents and teachers does a monthly activity to voice their concern about high stakes testing.
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Finances in Disarray in Birmingham School District
Charles J. Dean
Birmingham News
2003-12-27
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1560
A much-anticipated state audit of the Birmingham, AL, school system was released Friday and reported that close to $1 million was improperly or illegally spent in the one year's worth of records examined.
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The Algebra Battle Continues
Karin Chenoweth
Washington Post
2003-12-25
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1561
A Washington Post columnist asserts that Maryland officials have been spooked by thousands of students in Florida and Massachusetts not passing their state exams and not receiving high school diplomas in the last couple of years, and so has dumbed down the requirements.
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To the editor
San Francisco Chronicle
2003-12-23
http://susanohanian.org/show_letters.html?id=220
The Asimov and article on testing has stirred up a lot of controversy. See Commentaries. And see this exchange between Asimov and someone who wrote a letter to editor.
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To the editor
Tacoma News Tribune
2003-12-22
http://susanohanian.org/show_letters.html?id=221
Letter writer speaks to the need for alternative programs rather than pushing everyone into college prep classes.
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To the editor
Barb Clark
Anchorage Daily News
1999-12-24
http://susanohanian.org/show_letters.html?id=222
Little by little courage is coming out in brief bits. In this case, Alaska's Senator is boldly saying, 'who needs all that testing, anyway'. It's a start.
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To the editor
Stephen Krashen, Emeritus Professor, USC
Los AngelesTimes
2003-12-28
http://susanohanian.org/show_letters.html?id=223
Once again, Stephen Krashen counters puffery about test results with facts and provides statistics documenting poor children's lack of access to library books.
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School Recruiters Meet Resistance
Tommy Nguyen
Christian Science Monitor
2003-11-19
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=302
Deep in NCLB's 670 pages lies a provision that requires public secondary schools to give military recruiters the names, addresses, and phone numbers of their students (mainly high school juniors and seniors). Some school districts responded to the new law by designing consent forms. Unless parents signed them, information about their children was not sent to the recruiters. Now, NCLB enforcers are fighting back.
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A Standardisto Defense of the MCAS
Editorial
Boston Globe
2003-12-28
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=303
Anne Wheelock offers a commentary on a mendacious Boston Globe editorial about school officials that engineer cheating on tests.The editorial reminds Massachusetts that the MCAS is an honest tool.
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Accountability in Education
Dr. Dorothy Rich
2003-12-25
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_stories.html?id=88
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An NCLB Lawsuit Isn't Good News
The Doyle Report
2003-12-27
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_stories.html?id=89
The Reading School District (RSD) is suing the Pennsylvania Department of Education for imposing an unfunded mandate. After an unsuccessful challenge to the state’s annual yearly progress (AYP) provisions, which tagged 13 of its schools, the district is going to court. Consider a few points before you start cheering.
