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...handwriting may lie not so much in computers as in standardized testing. The Federal Government's landmark 1983 report A Nation at Risk, on the dismal state of public education, ushered in a new era of standardized assessment that has intensified since the passage in 2002 of the No Child Left Behind Act. "In schools today, they're teaching to the tests," says Tamara Thornton, a University of Buffalo professor and the author of a history of American handwriting. "If something isn't on a test, it's viewed as a luxury." Garcia agrees. "It's getting harder and harder...
...approval is pending, the date of Rowe's first visit with the children is unknown. The lawyers' joint statement said that the "timing, frequency and manner" of the visits will be implemented with the children's best interests in mind. This will be determined in large part by a child psychologist chosen and paid for by both Rowe and Katherine Jackson...
Family-law attorney Gloria Allred says visitation would have been a very likely outcome if Rowe had continued custody pursuit in the courts. Her re-emergence will be paced appropriately. "They are going to work with the child psychologist and slowly work Debbie back into their lives," says Allred. "That's what they are going for. People are going to work together on this...
...perhaps a luxury of America’s economic position that parents can afford to take such risks with their children, drawing time away from chasing numeric success and instead encouraging creativity. In India, if a parent is to pay for his son’s college tuition, that child must choose a path that ensures a secure and set future—not “the arts” And there is little by way of encouraging participation in extracurriculars. Time is better spent in the classroom or preparing for tests...
...think best in wire,” the artist once said. Thank you for abandoning paints and canvas, Mr. Calder. You bring back the crafty, Lincoln-log stacking, mobile-blowing child...