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...Most observers expect that the federal inquiry into teacher education will find that beginning teachers need more help than they're getting, starting with a beefed-up practical side to their training, then more support from colleagues. Dutch research suggests that mentoring - where schools assign experienced teachers to guide beginning ones - slashes attrition rates among the latter. Most Australian states and territories have dabbled in mentoring, but the practice isn't yet as widespread as it probably should be, says Sydney University's Ewing, who points to research indicating that up to 75% of beginning teachers in N.S.W...
...according to Citizens for a Sound Economy, a lawsuit is filed every ten seconds of every working hour. These lawsuits are a problem, and not simply because they give cynical Canadians (like me) fodder for making fun of American culture. By perpetuating a mindset that is over-eager to assign blame to others, frivolous lawsuits are exceedingly costly, and give Americans a great excuse not to take ownership of their own lives and fates...
...Those killed by the Bomb are annually commemorated this way in Japan, where floating paper lanterns are a symbol of dead souls. Similar lights bobbed along dozens of other U.S. waterways last week. Said Cameron Gundersen, a pediatrician in La Crosse: "The purpose of this commemoration is not to assign guilt or linger among the images of death but to remind ourselves of what we are capable of doing. We are capable of destroying the world's civilization. More important, we are capable of preventing that...
...would be easy to assign a moral to this story—the amazingly selfish “be good to your friends all the time, because you never know when you might need them” certainly applies—but the real strength is showing that there are no clear morals in real interactions. There’s just life and death, leaders and followers...
...arbitrarily assign a tipping point in the American perception of the Pontiff, it might be 1994. The year began with plans for an ambitious tour, including a visit to the U.S. But the trip was postponed for health reasons, and in the interim, the Pope sent a pastoral letter to his bishops. The issue of female ordination, he declared, was an official nonissue. Not only could women not become priests, but there was to be "no more discussion" of the topic. Many laypeople were appalled that in the throes of a priest shortage, the Pope could so conclusively spurn...