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...classroom, Jodi sits quietly at a small table with a teacher. They take turns looking at photos and using a complete sentence to describe the scene ("The girl is riding a bike"). Each correct answer earns Jodi a sticker on a chart; with enough stickers she can choose a reward. ABA was once famous for its M&M rewards, but better programs now tailor positive reinforcement to the child's preferences--a favorite activity, a hug or, in the case of one Alpine student, a packet of ketchup. Though Jodi didn't talk at all until age 3, she speaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tale of Two Schools | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

...morality, personal honor, and the rights of others as is demanded of good citizens. Failure to do this will be sufficient cause for removal from the University.” A clearly outlined standard such as this will emphasize a sense of personal honor and moral conduct outside the classroom. Harvard will say two things: Students should refrain from immoral acts not because they will be punished, but because the actions are wrong; and the values (hopefully) instilled by Harvard will be carried far beyond the gates of the Yard.In conjunction with the Honor Code, Harvard should also establish...

Author: By Emma M. Lind, | Title: Do the Honors | 5/5/2006 | See Source »

...says that, like most four-year-old boys, he would have preferred to spend his childhood playing sports. Instead, he sat in a classroom stuffed with 24 other fidgety kids who, like himself, had been forced rather than enticed into piano lessons...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wei-Jen Yuan | 5/3/2006 | See Source »

...serious amount of money, and plagiarism is an even more serious offense. With the press she received in the run-up to publication, she has become a prominent figure at Harvard and in the book-publishing industry. The Crimson normally does not report on plagiarism committed in the classroom, but there is a distinction between a paper submitted for the private evaluation of a professor and a book for sale to the entire world. Just as The Crimson had profiled Viswanathan and reviewed “Opal Mehta,” so too did we have the obligation to cover...

Author: By William C. Marra, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HOLDING UP THE MIRROR | 5/1/2006 | See Source »

...immigration leaders support the boycotts and store closures. "No Falte a su Trabajo! No Falte a la Escuela!" ("Don?t Skip Work! Don?t Skip School!") read flyers plastered up and down Cicero's Cermak Road. Rather than advocating work and spending stoppages or classroom boycotts, as is the case in other cities. Chicago protest leaders are taking a more moderate approach. Sending a united message calling for "fair and reasonable" reform, Chicago area leaders are mobilizing voter registration tables, legalization petitions directed at members of Congress and public demonstrations. Two large marches, one from the north, the other from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Scenes of a "Day Without Immigrants" | 5/1/2006 | See Source »

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