Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Every Friday at Olson Middle School, the adults--not the children--are in uniform. Principal Shannon Griffin, her staff and faculty all wear crimson T shirts that read, OLSON MIDDLE SCHOOL--DREAM MAKERS. "Educators crush dreams all the time," explains Griffin. "Here we want to make them...
Four years ago, the Long Beach Unified School District, the third largest in California, decided to change over to "standards-based" education and to initiate a mandatory school-uniform policy. At the same time, Stanford principal Judi Gutierrez embarked on a program to restructure and reform her school. She created schools within the school, one for each of the three grades, with a "learning director" heading a core group of teachers. She allowed the students to pick their own mottoes--in the sixth grade, it's "Begin the Journey...Stride into Excellence." Gutierrez also stressed staff development, sending teachers...
...problems with uniform regulations is that it's hard to find one size that fits all," said James H. Rowe III '73, vice president of government, community and public affairs...
...think there should be a public, uniform policy. The school should say, 'Yes, we will create incentives [and] we've identified this formula,'" says Joseph D. Brain, Drinker professor of environmental physiology in the faculty of public health...
...second question was very similar: "What is your deepest hope in life?" Again, the responses were uniform. "Finding and holding onto the love of my life." "Being a good wife and mother." "Marrying a man who worships me and whom I worship...