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Jason Christiansen

The Sun Magazine | Why Schools Don't Educate - 1 views

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    "Laments about our schools are nothing new; everyone is an expert, it seems, when it comes to education. While most critics point to the lack of funding or the shortage of teachers, John Taylor Gatto insists the problem goes deeper; we've turned our schools, he says, into "torture chambers." If that sounds abrasively radical, consider this: Gatto, with almost thirty years' experience as a public-school teacher, has just been named New York City's Teacher of the Year for 1989. Gatto teaches seventh grade at Junior High School 54 on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Something of a local legend, he's a chess player and a songwriter - and he grows garlic. He was once named Citizen of the Week for coming to the aid of a woman who had been robbed. He has lectured on James Joyce's Ulysses at Cornell University and has taught philosophy at California State College. Perhaps it's not surprising that he's been approached by a film company interested in making a movie of his life. Gatto once ran for the New York State Senate on the Conservative Party ticket, and some of his ideas are quite traditional: he stresses "family values" and questions increased funds for education. But he's too much of a maverick to be easily labeled. At a recent hearing in New York, he castigated the school system for "the murder of 1 million black and Latino children," and was met with a standing ovation. What follows is the text of the speech he gave upon being named Teacher of the Year."
Kathe Santillo

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts - 0 views

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    The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts is a collection of about 21,000 public domain and open access documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.
Kathe Santillo

All My Faves: Why Search? - 0 views

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    Why search? is the essence of AllMyFaves' philosophy. We believe the Internet should be an inspiring, easy and free experience for everyone. We, too, think that there must be an appealing and simple alternative to traditional Internet navigation. That is
Robinson Kipling

Making the company voice clear through the design - 1 views

Another function about the website design is making the company voice clear. A true business spirit can be the collection of many things - the products, the product quality, business philosophy etc...

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started by Robinson Kipling on 23 Dec 13 no follow-up yet
anonymous

Collier school district working to reduce absences among its top students : Education :... - 0 views

  • While the attendance rate for the district is very good, Stockman said, 26.6 percent of the Top 50 students in the district’s seven high schools have missed between 10 and 19 days of school and 6.3 percent missed 20 days or more.
  • “We have students who miss 50 days of school and graduate in the Top 50 of their class. And we know the reasons. A lot of them are working on Florida Virtual School to get (Advanced Placement) and honors credits.”
  • students who have accrued 10 or more absences in a semester to the intervention team to be considered for denial of credit. Credit denial results in an “L” being placed next tot he semester grade on the student’s report card and in the student’s grade history. The grade will not be figured into the student’s grade point average.
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  • Stockman said the consequences reflect the School Board’s philosophy that “the classroom experience is of unique value and it cannot be duplicated by make-up work. Student interaction and the development of ideas through discussion are lost when a student is absent.”
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    Is this a sign of things to come? What do YOU think of the idea of punishing the kids who don't come to school yet get good grades?
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    Is this a sign of things to come? What do YOU think of the idea of punishing the kids who don't come to school yet get good grades? Is this school resisting the inevitable?
karen sipe

WatchKnow - 9 views

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    This site provides thousands (currently 11,000) of videos to be used for learning. The videos are organized in categories.
anonymous

Our philosophy - Company - 7 views

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    Ten Things Google Found to Be True
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