Editorials Question improvement scores on school report cards
The second round of school report cards shows Aiken County districts earning a good absolute grade but a below average improvement score. Six schools earned excellent absolute grades, while only two achieved excellent improvement. Educators urge the state to simplify the improvement metric and enhance the cards’ relevance to schools, districts, and parents.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Chukker Creek
Millbrook
North Augusta
South Aiken
Aiken Career Center
Ridge Spring-Monetta
State Department of Education
Department of Education
Letters policy for Aiken Standard submissions
The notice outlines submission rules for letters to the editor at the Aiken Standard. Writers may send one letter every 30 days, and letters should be addressed to Letters to the Editor at the Aiken Standard with a box address, email, and fax number provided for submissions.
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Aiken
Swallace
Aikenstandard.com
Aiken Standard Names Editorial Staff and Roles
The Aiken Standard lists key newsroom and business positions including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace Advertising Director Art Zappa Managing Editor Timothy E. OBrien Production Director Philip Yates Circulation Director Scot Newcom Systems Manager J. David Boyd and Letitia Jefferson in its masthead listing.
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
Ellen ’. Priest
Timothy E. Obriant
Philip Yates
Scot Newcom
J. David Boyd
Letitia Jefferson
Bush era world order idea fades amid post Cold War reality
The article reflects on President Bush's promoted world order after the Cold War and the mismatch between idealized hopes and ongoing global tensions. It notes renewed military spending, persistent conflicts with Iraq and North Korea, globalization stresses, and the need for better global cooperation, education, and credible leadership to address terrorism and economic malaise.
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Bush
George Bush
Iraq
North Korea
United States
America
Korean Peninsula
White House
Pyongyane
Operation Mobilization donation list correction
OM Literature collects Bibles and books for third world schools and street children. A Kenya pastor begged for books to counter witchcraft and aid education, while teachers fear nocturnal drums and hexes. Donors are asked to contact Marilyn Blanchard Aiken at windsongl21 aol com.
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Paul Lutheran Church
American Association of University Women
Omliterature
Kenya
Tanzania
Bible College
Operation Mobilization
Jesus
Windsongl21
Aol
Marilyn Blanchard Aiken
Bill Cosbys Take on Haitians and Black American Freedom
The column argues Haitians face a double standard at U S borders comparing them with Cubans while urging blacks to reclaim American citizenship through activism. It notes Debor ah Mathis and a New York reparations debate, condemns a black Confederate marcher, and ends with a call to appreciate freedoms while criticising injustice.
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Fidel Castro
Bill Cosby
Cosby
Harlem
New York
Schomburg Center For Research
Columbia University Law School
NAACP
Asheville
N.C
South
H.K. Edgerton
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