Word: grahams
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...program will also carry four 30-second ads, causing some educators to worry about the encroachment of commercialism on the classroom. "Do we want our young people to get the idea from school that buying fast food is as important as learning when Columbus discovered America?" asks Patricia Albjerg Graham, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Adds Bella Rosenberg, an official at the American Federation of Teachers: "By showing commercials, schools are implicitly endorsing the product." Others charge that principals are selling their students' souls for a pile of high- tech hardware. Says Peggy Charren, who heads Action...
...Graham said that children who are hungry, who do not sleep well because of poor living conditions or who are in poor health will inevitably find it difficult to learn...
...need a comprehensive children's policy that will give children a better safety net," Graham said...
...Graham said she believed the merit schools program was a good idea but that problems might arise in defining what "merit" is, since schools in different regions of the country may have different needs and goals...
...Graham said that the places in need of teachers are frequently the places where it is difficult to teach children. She said that teachers in these areas not only need to know the material, but should also be trained in teaching methods...