Word: washingtonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deal was cast publicly as a "merger of equals" because neither Eaton nor Schrempp wanted to use the word acquisition. Schrempp feared it would touch off a xenophobic outcry in Washington. Eaton did not want to seem as if he'd just sold out. But Eaton blundered. He announced last May that he would step down as co-chairman within three years and turn the company over to Schrempp. Stallkamp, sensing what the consequences might be, pleaded with him not to say it, but Eaton wasn't swayed. "I believed strongly there should not be two CEOs," he explains...
...Talent House Private School, which serves elementary and middle school students in the Washington suburb of Fairfax, Va., character education starts early. How early? In the school's nursery, where parents can park future students as young as six weeks old before heading to work in their Land Rovers and Cherokees, the walls are festooned with posters boosting the values of good character. This month's value is Helpfulness. So as the caregivers diaper and burp their gurgling little charges, the infants stare up at a sign that reads THE SEEDS OF HELPFULNESS BLOOM EARLY...
...values clarification? Self-esteem development?), character ed is now the hottest thing going. If it hasn't hit your local school district yet, just wait. Some form of it is being taught in all 50 states, according to Esther Schaeffer of the Character Education Partnership, an advocacy group in Washington. Georgia and Alabama have made such programs mandatory, and more states are now debating legislation that would follow their lead. Last year the federal Department of Education handed out $5.2 million to schools for character ed; the figure is expected to double next year...
...Fort Foote Elementary, a public school in Fort Washington, Md., Chickquita Jackson, a veteran instructor, testifies that "before character education came in, the kids were hostile, had bad attitudes and were very rude to classmates and adults...Now it's 100% better." At Fort Foote, character lessons are so integrated into the curriculum that even math problems illustrate the value of sharing. A student spotted doing something nice receives a hot pink ribbon that says, "I DID A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS...
...free-lance writer. Amy grew up on a dairy farm in upstate New York, and her work draws on experiences with her large extended family. She attended college on a partial field-hockey scholarship--which helped prepare her for this week's column on sportsmanship. Now living in Washington with her 10-year-old daughter, Amy teaches Sunday school and occasionally substitutes at a local nursery school...