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...retirement trend has been accelerated in some part by recent efforts to upgrade qualifications. This spring, for example, Arkansas imposed a very unpopular competency test on all its teachers. And though results released last month showed that only 10% had flunked various sections of the exam, one union official said the test had a "devastating effect" on morale. Apparently so. Early retirements in Arkansas have shot up close to 33%. Teachers in other states may soon be following them. Eighteen states now require competency tests, and two weeks ago the N.E.A. voted to support such exams for all new teachers...
...questions also indicate that the committee may potentially consider shifting the length of orientation week, as well as changing placement exam schedules for incoming students...
...Healthy Eating for Kids (McGraw-Hill; 272 pages). "Letting them sleep 20 minutes more and then stuffing something in their hand on the way out is probably not in the child's best interest in terms of optimizing the nutrients that are available to the brain during the exam...
...good breakfast, in Walker's view, is low-fat milk and a whole-grain cereal, or eggs, toast and jam. Although teenagers often reach for cola and sweets for a quick energy surge, that is not the way to go into a long exam. Such foods tend to make you crash after an hour or so. For snack breaks during an exam, Walker suggests trail mix or energy bars. The carbohydrates they contain give a quick boost, while the proteins and fats are broken down more slowly...
...exam is not unlike a marathon or a soccer tournament, says David Katz, a nutrition expert at Yale and the author of The Way to Eat (Sourcebooks; 352 pages). "Essentially, this is an arduous exertion," he says. "It just happens to be cognitive rather than physical. Your brain runs on the fuel you ingest, same as the rest of your body." Katz too is a big fan of the healthful breakfast and snacks of fresh fruits and vegetables, nonfat yogurt and energy bars made from fruits, nuts and seeds...