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...journalist's traveling companion through war, peace and journalism in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. As Kapuscinski writes in the newly published English translation of Travels with Herodotus, "I was quite consciously trying to learn the art of reportage, and Herodotus struck me as a valuable teacher...
...teacher and parent, I give No Child Left Behind (NCLB) a failing grade [June 4]. There is no way to fix a law that operates under the flawed assumption that tests rather than teachers should govern curriculum. Testing is simply a tool for measuring learning in the same way that a thermometer is an instrument for reading temperature. What would happen to the health of a nation if lawmakers tried to force doctors to spend a large portion of their time taking patients' temperatures instead of practicing medicine? The reality of NCLB is that it allows few children...
...hope of passing proficiency tests and those who will certainly pass are largely ignored. Pity the poor child who just barely fails. He is prodded with extra tutoring morning, noon and night in the hope that his scores will cross into the light. As a 33-year veteran music teacher, I also notice how the arts and other subjects are sometimes disregarded. We are short-changing the multiple intelligences that our children possess...
...students’ performance on various types of problems, I came to the agonizing conclusion that many students were simply making it through the course by rote memorization. Beyond the familiar context, they were unable to apply even the most basic principles. Suddenly the illusion of being a good teacher was shattered...
...anything break us apart after that.” Though they will finally be together again after the wedding, their Bay Area apartment will only have one occupant for most of the summer. Sawlit will find herself in Long Beach, Calif. training to be an elementary school teacher with Teach for America in Oakland in the fall. Indeed, the turnaround will be quick. They will be married on a Friday, fly out to California at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, and “honeymoon for two days,” says Sawlit, who then has to show...