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  • What I Didn’t Like Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 11:56PMVulgar Display of Callousness I have always reserved this column for ads that I have liked over the past fortnight. But this fortnight will be an exception because there are a couple of ads on air right now that have compelled me to write this column on What I most definitely did not like.
  • Macmillan/McGraw-Hill and Glencoe Host Literacy Symposium for California Educators Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 2:12PM Educators from across California came together to network, share ideas, and learn from one another at a Literacy Symposium hosted by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill and Glencoe on November 13-14 in Costa Mesa, CA.
  • Reading right at Middlesboro Middle School Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 10:52AMMIDDLESBORO — During the Middlesboro Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting, several reading recovery instructors took the time to discuss their class progression after applying a new reading program to their classes’ curriculum.
  • VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 10:09AMThe school board and superintendent must seriously put back the Direct Instruction as implemented when Juan Flores was superintendent. Flores was heading in the right direction with the Direct Instruction.
  • ¿Habla Inglés? Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 8:21AMPurcell, Ok -- English language proficiency for non-English speaking students is hitting a mark of success in Purcell School District through a substantial program.
  • Scientists propose grizzly genetic research Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 2:59AMJACKSON -- Researchers are proposing genetic testing to determine whether grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region interbreed with grizzlies from elsewhere.
  • Land of 10,000 ideas Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 3:58PMIn the summer of 2002, when Julian Reytel was working on a project in Manhattan, he was struck by how sales associates from little boutiques in the Soho district would step out into the street and holler, “Sale!”
  • Marshall Independent School District Students Achieve Test Score Gains after Completing Fast ForWord® Products Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 1:00PM OAKLAND, Calif.----Students in the Marshall Independent School District who completed at least one Scientific Learning® Fast ForWord® course achieved measurable gains on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills .
  • D80 plan focuses on raising test scores Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 8:59AMMT. VERNON — One of the main weaknesses identified at J.L. Buford Intermediate Center is in reading relative to students with disabilities and minority students, according to the District 80 School Improvement Plan for the 2008-2009 school year.
  • Students rapping and reading Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 1:31AMANDOVER — Fifth-grade students at High Plain Elementary School are now reading and rapping in the digital age, thanks to a $3,000 grant used to purchase a dozen MP3 players. The portable digital audio players are being used as reading and speech aids for special needs students. Other fifth-graders have recorded raps about famous explorers and posted them online.