Saturday, January 8, 2011

“EDUCATION: The Pendulum Swings Back to the Tristano School” plus 3 more

“EDUCATION: The Pendulum Swings Back to the Tristano School” plus 3 more


EDUCATION: The Pendulum Swings Back to the Tristano School

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 11:21 AM PST

HAD he enjoyed a different sort of jazz career, you might say that Ted Brown was finally making a comeback. A tenor saxophonist drawn to a light and lyrically swinging style, Mr. Brown turned 83 last month, with just a handful of albums to his name. For the better part of 30 years, from the early 1960s on, he made his living as a computer programmer. "I'm not good at going out and getting gigs ...

WSPD host compares TPS students, monkeys; Wilson denies racism

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 05:08 AM PST

BY TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER A radio talk show host's reference to "little monkeys" while talking about students at Toledo Public Schools on Friday generated outrage that the language was insensitive to African-American students, and all students. The host of WSPD-AM, 1370's Brian Wilson and the Afternoon Drive, said the city's school system fails to teach students to think or be ...

For Michigan, try less politics

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 02:05 AM PST

It's refreshing to hear the new governor talk in an intelligent manner instead of sloganeering. He knows that the days of "not in my backyard" should be over and that we should work as a unit for the good of all and not for the things that benefit our own political agendas. Frank Mannino, Warren

McGraw-Hill Education Congratulates California School Districts Using California Treasures for Outstanding Reading ...

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:33 PM PST

After implementing McGraw-Hill's California Treasures program in the 2009-2010 school year, elementary school students across 15 California school districts have shown measurable growth on their 2010 Academic Performance Index and STAR results, outperforming students across the state on their California Standards Tests in the subject of English Language Arts.

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