Word: subjection
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...another reform that has spread from Canada to hundreds of U.S. schools: 4 x 4, or block, scheduling. Instead of students' rushing from one 50-minute period to another six times daily, work is divided into four periods of 85 minutes each; a year's worth of each subject is covered in a semester. Teachers see fewer students each term and get to know them better. A lecture, a discussion and a hands-on project can take place all in one period. "It's more interactive," says Rudy McDonald, 16, lounging in the sunny courtyard during lunch...
...phonics and whole-language proponents, can we make a judgment as to who is right? Yes. The value of explicit, systematic phonics instruction has been well established. Hundreds of studies from a variety of fields support this conclusion. Indeed, the evidence is so strong that if the subject under discussion were, say, the treatment of the mumps, there would be no discussion...
...Students found to be producing, possessing or using fake IDs will be disciplined by the College and may also be subject to arrest...
...speech inspired a sense of confidence," said Kristin E. Sorenson, a senior University development officer. "It's good to have someone in office who knows about the subject matter as well as the politics...
...Crazy Horse. It is aimed directly at Jarmusch (Stranger than Paradise, Night on Earth, Mystery Train) by Crazy Horse guitarist Frank Sampedro in the always interesting one-on-one interviews with band members that make up a large part of the film. Jarmusch doesn't answer, but allows his subject to continue to question his intentions in directing a film about the on-and off-stage struggles and triumphs of a band--a task seemingly incompatible with the image of some "hip New York film guy" who makes "artsy-fartsy movies...