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I found your article on the accelerated rate of teaching reading and math in kindergarten very interesting [EDUCATION, Nov. 8]. I am a parent of a six-year-old kindergartner who has been "redshirted," or held back from starting first grade. I did not make this decision based on theories...
Kindergartners are definitely capable of reading and doing simple mathematics. Teaching them these subjects is not asking too much of them. It is merely encouraging them to work to their full ability instead of allowing their minds to stagnate until they have reached what the school system designates as the...
I am grateful my children are beyond the reach of policies that replace the joy of learning with the fear of failing. As a teacher, I shudder at what the educrats have wrought for America's youth. BETTY RASKOFF KAZMIN Willard, Ohio
Re Eric Pooley's report [REAL POLITICS, Nov. 8] on Al Gore's "groveling for votes" and Bill Bradley's "barely asking": I would ask, Just what is it that journalists want from politicians, anyway? The newshounds tell candidates who seem straitlaced and unemotional that they should loosen up. When...
EGYPTAIR No matter what went down, you've got a problem. Name change worked for ValuJet