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...However, using only test scores as a gauge for accountability--as required for the Race to the Top funding that Klein extols--doesn't allow administrators to fully evaluate how successful and hardworking a teacher is. Socioeconomics, student support at home and how students are grouped from classroom to classroom may stack results to favor some teachers and unfairly disadvantage others. The unions and government must work together to establish fair accountability and a system of reward for merit...
...illness is spread through unprotected sex, sharing of needles or acupuncture [Jan. 26]. This statement is incorrect. It perpetuates a myth and unfairly portrays the legitimate health care profession of acupuncture in a negative light. Acupuncturists in the U.S. have master's degrees and thousands of hours of classroom and clinical training in preventing and treating diseases. A 2001 study in the British Medical Journal found that in 34,407 treatments by 1,848 professional acupuncturists, there were zero instances of transmission of hepatitis or any other disease. Performed by a licensed professional, acupuncture is a safe method of treatment...
Suggesting the possibility of a General Education category titled “Reason and Faith,” the report raised serious questions about the role of religion in the classroom. "Reason and Faith" was eventually scrapped after serious opposition from faculty members like psychology professor Steven A. Pinker, who argued that the study of "faith" has no role in an institution that seeks to train students in the practice of rational inquiry...
...crowding out of electives that otherwise would have enriched their education. Electives, whether they be fine arts, music, or home economics courses, are a valuable and traditional aspect of secondary schooling. They often teach students more practical skills and expose them to different methods of learning and classroom interaction. By compressing their graduation requirements into three years, students will be forgoing opportunities to diversify their experiences and capitalize on the full range of options available to them...
Still, even Mary is more sanguine about change, given that victims like him and Boulevard are now far less alone in Haiti. "People will be forced to think about it," he says. Mary was one of only five among 16 engineering students in his classroom who survived when the quake sent their five-story university building crashing down on them. But he also realizes that many postquake amputees like himself are educated - and that they can be part of the solution, perhaps as prosthetic designers. "I know that I can still be a good electrical engineer," Mary admits. And Haiti...