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Carolyn Davidson Abel, Editor
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Somehow our differences now seem trivialized; what a huge tragedy to teach such a simple lesson.  Let us comtinue this momentum toward community...toward goodness, truth, and beauty.
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How to handle Controversial Topics.
What is the Ritalin Bill?

 SFA Interns in the Field

Brandon Elementary School Interns participated in a Social  Studies Wax Museum in November. The SFASU students dressed up and  portrayed famous Americans from the Social Studies TEKS. Each college  student came to life as an historical character when the elementary  school students pressed a button. This was a joint project for Dr. Jan Lacina and Dr. Pat Watson's Social Studies /Language Arts students. Test your knowledge of the presidents.
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Stories from the Shadows:  High-Stakes Testing and Teacher Preparation. A group of teacher educators use story to examine their teaching decisions in the face of a test-driven curriculum.  Their stories reflect their responses to pressures to create currriculum that imitates the test rather than remaining learner-centered.   SFA's Drs.Watson, Abel, Lacina, Alexander, and Mayo authored this piece which appears in NCTE's Language Arts / Jan.2002 online journal: http://www.ncte.org/journals/   With a 6% acceptance rate, we have every reason to be proud.
No Child Left Behind Act
House Overwhelmingly Passes Sweeping Education Reform Bill in December.
Are we ESEA Ready?     ESEA Primer.

Schools For Profit  Pennsylvania considering Edison Schools, Inc as consultant in reform efforts for its Philadelphia schools.  Edison, hired by Ridge for $2.7 million last summer to study the district, recommended privatization.  With Ridge now in Washington, the new governor, Mark Shweiker, has offered a modified plan.   In his November speech,  Shweiker remarked, "Harrisburg isn’t the enemy. Edison isn’t the enemy. Failure is our enemy. Time is our enemy."  Much protesting continues in this highly volitile controversy. 
PA Dept. of Education.

What does the Father of Capitalism, Adam Smith, say about this?
Smith on Education by Alvley
Stanford professor on Smith and the proper place for capitalism.
Smith's famous book "Wealth of Nations" is online.  Smith warns: If the rod be bent too much one way, says the proverb, in order to make it straight you must bend it as much the other. 
The fate of empires depends upon the education of the youth.   Aristotle


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