Word: localize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...American swimmers want to smoke up, let them take their chances with local police forces and the NCAA, but don't have the IOC tell them how they spend their Saturday nights, please...
...field as susceptible to fads as public education (Remember values clarification? Self-esteem development?), character ed is now the hottest thing going. If it hasn't hit your local school district yet, just wait. Some form of it is being taught in all 50 states, according to Esther Schaeffer of the Character Education Partnership, an advocacy group in Washington. Georgia and Alabama have made such programs mandatory, and more states are now debating legislation that would follow their lead. Last year the federal Department of Education handed out $5.2 million to schools for character ed; the figure is expected...
...probably inevitable that we would ask schools to assume responsibility for teaching our kids to be decent human beings too. Parents are so busy these days, as they will tell you at every opportunity. Of course, they have time to worry aloud about the quality of their local schools. But character ed is evidence that our schools are worried about the quality of their local parents...
...work draws on experiences with her large extended family. She attended college on a partial field-hockey scholarship--which helped prepare her for this week's column on sportsmanship. Now living in Washington with her 10-year-old daughter, Amy teaches Sunday school and occasionally substitutes at a local nursery school...
...your child to be good at sports and be a good sport too? My favorite authority on this subject is John McCarthy, 30, a former minor-league pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles organization who in 1992 returned to Washington, his hometown. He has since taught baseball to thousands of local children through his Home Run Baseball camp and to a high-spirited team of disadvantaged kids to which he donates his time at an inner-city elementary school...