Word: teachers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opponents say that the school district should not accept responsibility for the actions of outside administrators. "The indemnification issue was a big, big bombshell," said Donald Menzies, the president of the Chelsea Teacher's Union. "Here you have a school district that's practically bankrupt and yet it seems willing to take on an open-ended insurance policy to cover even intentional torts and matters of civil rights...
...What about the student-teacher ratio?" she asks, well trained in the arts of admission pamphlets...
...winning formula; it has found a distinctive voice. Nickelodeon shows are high-spirited without being silly, intelligent but not patronizing. They respect both kids' sophistication and their sense of fun. "We're not here to change kids or increase their reading scores," says Geraldine Laybourne, a former grade- , school teacher who is Nickelodeon's general manager. "We think it's pretty tough being a kid today. They're growing up in households where most have a single parent or both parents work. We ought to be a place where they can just relax, where kids can just be kids...
...instructions on matters as diverse as earthling sexual practices and the historical significance of Jimmy Durante. Nobody's perfect. But Celeste is a willing learner, and Dr. Steve Mills (Dan Aykroyd), the widower, father and scientist on whose signal into outer space she beamed down, is an eager, bedazzled teacher...
...addition to meeting those needs, McGrath said her priorities would include "opportunities for teacher renewal," increased parent involvement and reducing the dropout rate, especially among members of minority groups and people whose first language is not English. According to Fantini, Cambridge has a dropout rate of 38 percent...