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...above approach embraced by schools in a district like Carroll County, Md. In the past year, they have adopted 25 safety initiatives, including a "red flags" profile of their own design. "The threats are way down, and the kids are learning," reports the director of pupil services, Cynthia Little. "They've even stopped saying 'I'm going to kill you.'" But have they stopped thinking...
...festival screened 33 of these visions, selected from a field of 230 entries. Six were made by Harvard folks: Vasiliki Katsarou won a merit award for Fruitlands 1843; three won honorable mentions: Ana Miljacki [first year Ph.D. student of Architectural History and Theory]'s Taming of a Pupil, A Dream; Anne Steuernagel [Program Coordinator of of the Music Dept.]'s The Field Far Away, and Rosylyn Rhee '99/00's Oma Rhee. Ellie Lee ', who has TFed several film classes, won The Most Promising Filmmaker award for her Dog Days. And Look Back, Don't Look Back by Justin Rice...
...fetch him. If a child needs to use the bathroom, use a buddy system, whether an adult is present or not. Don't touch a child unless it is necessary--for example, if she is injured--and then only in front of others. Don't hug a player or pupil; a "high-five" is better. An adult should avoid being alone in a car with someone else's child. A chaperone or coach waiting for a child to be picked up after a game or dance should wait with the child in a public place. Adults who work with children...
...government says it is having to act to prevent its prize pupil from being beaten up. Because of Smith & Wesson's actions, according to a report in Thursday's New York Times, gun distributors and wholesalers are excluding its products from their stores and shows, and have made it clear the company is unwelcome at shooting matches. The company's legal counsel, which counts other gun makers among its clients, announced it would no longer represent Smith & Wesson. In response to this apparent stonewall - which the gun industry says is not coordinated - the government has moved quickly, launching antitrust investigations...
...even as they grow in clout, for-profit schools are still struggling to do what their name denotes--make money. That requires taking the same government funds that the average school district spends per pupil per year--the U.S. average is $6,500--and not only providing a superior education but also squeezing out a profit. That's a tough task in a field in which "the margins are more like McDonald's than Microsoft's," as Thomas Toch, a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, puts...