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...trail of the kidnapper, Dolan led the audience in examining each piece of evidence left behind at the scene of the crime...
...help illustrate forensic science in action, the ExperiMentors volunteers decided to script a kidnapping that the students would then spend the day unraveling. Dolan was followed on stage by a guest lecturer who mysteriously disappeared after volunteers lit several hydrogen balloons on fire. The explosion, a laser light show and Mission Impossible theme music indicated to the crowd that the guest lecturer was the victim of a kidnapping and the students were now charged with her recovery...
Science day began smoothly as all nine visiting classes gathered in the Science Center at 9:30 am for a lesson on fingerprinting and codes by Shawn Dolan, a forensics expert with the Cambridge Police Department...
That's what McNair Elementary in Hazelwood, Mo., attempts to do. In 1992 principal Peggy Dolan instituted a program to unteach kids what many had learned at home--that they should fight back when bullied. Instead, students are instructed to respond verbally, first with "I don't like what you said to me," then "I'm going to ask you to stop" and, if necessary, "I'm going to get help." Victims fill out a form describing the incident to a teacher or counselor. The issue is taken to peer mediation, and the offender is encouraged to sign an agreement...
Before the program went into effect, Dolan dealt with 55 fights a year; now she averages six. Also, the school's standardized math and reading scores have risen from the 40th to the 60th percentile--in part, she thinks, because students are better able to focus on their studies...