Word: keyed
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...Stephen asks what he can do to earn an A." Bacote recalls when Stephen insisted on revising an article he wrote for a journalism class, even though it was already graded. "He did another version just to see how to do it better. I think that's the key to student success--working not just for a grade but to improve skills...
...study at Columbia University's Teachers College looked at the lives of 100 prominent Americans, ages 40 to 55, and found that those who had come from disadvantaged backgrounds were especially likely to cite the influence of a mentor as a key to their success. Sometimes a caring teacher served "as a parent substitute," says Charles Harrington, who co-directed the study. Sometimes the teacher provided an affirming "turnaround moment," for example, by standing up for a child and saying, "Henry wouldn't lie." That moment of validation, he notes, "transforms Henry...
...course, the key to 60 Minutes' success has been its star correspondents, and 60 Minutes II has reached out for some big names as well. In one casting coup, the show is about to sign up Charlie Rose, the PBS talk-show host, to do 10 or 12 pieces a year. Rose will continue as host on his own show, though he will give up some producing chores so that he can devote more time to his new gig. The network has coaxed Evening News anchor Dan Rather to be an occasional contributor as well (he will continue to anchor...
...key for Gardner is first to decide on the facts and procedures a teacher wants a student to understand, and then to figure out how best to present this information, given the student's strengths and weaknesses. Jean McKibben, a fifth-grade teacher at Coyote Creek, provided an example of such an approach when she described a project her students did about the European settlement of the Americas. Among other things, she wanted them to learn about the boats that were used...
Were there smoldering glances? No Yes Passionate embraces? No Yes Illicit sex? No Yes Ingenues taken advantage of by cads? No Yes Silly gifts? No Yes Shared secrets? Yes Yes Lies? Yes Yes Betrayals? Yes Yes Treachery by false friends? Yes Yes Could key parts in the drama be played by Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal...