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...will be saving a substantial amount of money in terms of health benefits,” said Parlin, who is a public school teacher in nearby Newton...
...DIED. WILLIAM STUART BROWN, 52, former Australian diplomat and English teacher sentenced to 13 years in prison for obscene acts with minors; by hanging himself in a jail cell; in Karangasem, Bali. Brown, who was convicted of having sex with a 13-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy, received an unusually long sentence amid a campaign by Bali to shed its image as a pedophile's paradise...
During the primary season, Kerry focused heavily on boosting education funding and seemed lukewarm about measures President Bush had put in place stressing school accountability and student testing. But last week on his education tour, Kerry was emphasizing teacher performance. In exchange for ramping up salaries and training and mentoring programs, Kerry would make it easier for schools to fire incompetent teachers. He would also require new ones to pass rigorous tests and tie some rewards for teachers to their students' test scores. Those are not the sorts of things teachers' unions tend to favor. When Kerry spotlights his health...
...Americans was never enforced. Their lives were separate but never equal, from the “colored” hospital wards where they were born to the racially-segregated graveyards where they were buried. As a confused six year-old in rural Arkansas, I once asked my Sunday school teacher if God had a “colored” section in heaven...
...every stage. One strategy for women has been to find a mentor who brings them along. Emily Dickinson, perhaps the most isolated literary genius ever to write, actually was rather aggressive about getting an eminent literary figure to assume this role. Eleanor Roosevelt was lucky enough to have a teacher who took an active role in fostering her intellectual and emotional growth. Many women in business have found bosses who play this role...