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...Kids Aren't All Right As a high school english teacher of at-risk students in an urban school, I have seen firsthand how sexuality is exploding [Sept. 22]. First of all, we need to have an honest conversation about protection. Also, girls don't have sex or get pregnant on their own. We need to start promoting male role models who don?t just use women and leave. We need to start teaching our boys to treat females and their own children with more respect. For both girls and boys: Use condoms every time. Don't have sex just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...third-grade teacher, I provide ways for students to make a difference by following my classroom motto: "Adding to the Good." Despite their young age, my students are now forming indelible memories that will be key to their future learning and lives. Sadly, elementary-school kids are often not given the same opportunities to serve as those in middle and high school. Anna Saldo-Burke, WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...achievement as much and as quickly as possible. Most notably, Klein has incorporated a pay-for-performance model that rewards schools for increased student achievement. While this incentive-based plan represents a step in the right direction, more must be done in the way of individual merit pay for teachers to truly improve teaching in every classroom. Under Klein’s model, rather than appropriate bonus pay to individual teachers, schools that have made progress on their report cards over the last year will receive lump sums of money to distribute however they see fit. The bonuses?...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Extra Credit | 9/24/2008 | See Source »

...great to learn from the 900 people around you.” But not everyone is enthusiastic about big classes. Government 20; “Introduction to Comparative Politics,” which had already doubled in size last year, surged again this fall from 270 to 336. Its teacher, government professor Steven R. Levitsky had to change the class location to accommodate the unexpected students and said he fears that the large size will make him less accessible. “My office hours are always full. I meet with students, usually four or five hours a week...

Author: By Weiqi Zhang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Usual Favorites Top Course Offering | 9/24/2008 | See Source »

Bynum's dreamy, experimental debut, Madeleine Is Sleeping, earned a 2004 National Book Award nomination. In her second book, her prose tacks traditional but sacrifices none of its lilting charm. Ms. Hempel is a seventh-grade English teacher besotted by her students but ambivalent about her profession; Bynum's portrayal makes this humanist appealingly human. It's a pleasure to be in her class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Things You Should Know About | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

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