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No school, no learning
Thank you for acknowledging the Chicago Public Schools Perfect Attendance Incentive Program with "Gold star or a Dodge?" (Editorial, June 25). As the editorial noted, incentives can be a useful tool in encouraging students to be at school every day....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Illinois, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Chicago Public Schools, Vehicles
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Miles Getting Structure At UConn
Courant Staff WriterSTORRS — Nate Miles steps onto the court at Gampel Pavilion, rubbing his biceps as he prepares for a few pickup games. The rigorous weightlifting workout he just completed has his arms feeling like Jell-O, so he wonders aloud how many airballs he...Tags: Schools, Justice System, Court Administration, High Schools, Basketball
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Business-school test maker seeks Web cheaters
Associated Press WriterProspective and current graduate business students who used a Web site to cheat on entrance examinations over the last five years could have their scores thrown out. The exam's publisher, the Graduate Management Admission Council, is tracking down users...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, School Examinations, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Terps expect OK for Mosley
Sun ReporterMaryland men's basketball prospect Sean Mosley is expected to qualify academically under NCAA guidelines, an athletic department official said yesterday. Kathleen Worthington, Maryland's senior associate athletic director, said yesterday that she has...Tags: PGA Tour, Teaching and Learning, Gary Williams, Clubs and Associations, Awards and Prizes
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Teachers and math
Experts confirm it, parents know it, our own experience validates it: Teachers make a huge difference. Great teachers can inspire children to great things, and give them the skills to achieve those things. Poor teachers can put children so far behind...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Schools, Virginia, Academic Progress
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Terps expect OK for Mosley
Sun reporterMaryland men's basketball prospect Sean Mosley is expected to qualify academically under NCAA guidelines, an athletic department official said today. Kathleen Worthington, Maryland's senior associate athletic director, said today that she has seen...Tags: PGA Tour, Gary Williams, Clubs and Associations, Awards and Prizes, Basketball
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East Hampton Principal Headed To New London
Courant Staff WriterTracy J. Barber wants to be a role model for the minority students who make up a large part of New London's student population. It's the drive behind his leaving East Hampton Middle School, where he has been the principal for two years, to take the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, National or Ethnic Minorities, Middle Schools, New London (New London, Connecticut), Schools
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Urban families building city experience for kids
Special to the Chicago TribuneWhen Jennifer Howell and her husband, Chandler, moved to the Chicago area in 2004, they bought a place in the suburbs because they had a toddler. But after two years in Palatine, the Howells moved to Chicago's East Lakeview neighborhood. "It never...Tags: Religious Education, Chicago Public Schools, Schools, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Lincoln Park
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The New Paper
It's been a hellish week for employees of The Courant, especially those of us who camp in the news department. It's nothing new — shrinking revenue, shrinking staff, shrinking number of newspaper pages devoted to the journalism we hold dear. But...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Environmental Pollution, Newspaper and Magazine, Newspapers, Water Pollution
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Low test scores, high achievement?
In The Times’ story on his documentary film "Two Million Minutes," Bob Compton rightly points out a problem with our children's level of knowledge, but his diagnosis of what is wrong with America's schools does not follow. Compton's quotes from...Tags: Teaching and Learning, International Relations, Family, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Movies
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