Word: teacher
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Though some sticky problems exist in the school system, such as the teacher's union contract and the accommodation of ethnic and linguistic minorities, most of the talk has been of long-range planning and improving education programs...
Sara O. Garcia, a Mexican-American and former school teacher who is now studying part-time at the Harvard School of Education, is trying to gain greater recognition for bilingual education. Garcia, who is endorsed by the CCA, has made that program the focus of her campaign, though she maintains she is not a single-issue candidate...
Larry Weinstein, also CCA-endorsed, is running as a "parent activist," believing that parent involvement is crucial in improving the quality of education. He also stresses the need to increase teacher morale, saying, "teacher job satisfaction is at the heart of effective teaching...
...perhaps imagine yourself in grade school, when you took eager delight in asking your teacher to define "adultery" or "orgasm." This movie is slightly less mature in its earnestness over only marginally dirty words. Or perhaps move up to high school, when even elementary literary explications might have still sounded somewhat profound. Now imagine that elementary, lecturing tone describing what's obvious to you about Mr. Joyce, and you have James Joyce's Women...
...game was created by Merton Olds, a Du Pont marketing manager with a Ph.D. in chemistry, and his wife Linda, a high school biology teacher. Noting the popularity of Trivial Pursuit, the black couple decided to devise a more educational game. Said Merton: "We wanted to invent something that would build black self-esteem." Their creation has 780 cards containing three questions each. Sample query: Name the most populous African country. Answer: Nigeria. The title Rise 'n fly comes from a type of winning hand...