Character Counts in Iowa Promotes Six Pillars of Virtue
The Iowa editorial discusses Character Counts initiative promoting six pillars trustworthiness respect responsibility fairness caring and citizenship among elementary students. It notes adult modeling by bus drivers and lunch staff and cites Drake University's role and state Rep. Raecker. It highlights 115 adopting schools and links character to academic improvement and civil society, ending with cautious congratulations.
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Iowa
Scott Raecker
R-Urbandale
Institute For Character Development
Drake University
National Education Association
National Association of Catholic School Teachers
United Way
American Red Cross
YMCA
Cedar Rapids
Weber and Wickham
Iowa City
Character Watch
Rocker Faces MLB Action Over Racial Slurs
Bud Selig fines Atlanta Braves reliever John Rocker twenty thousand dollars and suspends him three months after his biased remarks reported in Sports Illustrated sparked outrage. The case is framed as MLB's push for social responsibility amid long history of outspoken players.
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Major League Baseball
Bud Selig
Atlanta Braves
John Rocker
Rocker
Sports Illustrated
New York
Ty Cobb
Anna Quindlen
Newsweek
Republic
Close the colleges of education by C Bradley Thompson
C Bradley Thompson urges a 21st century education revolution by closing ed schools. He argues teaching quality depends on subject mastery, not funding, and proposes a 40 to 50 credit hour subject major plus a minimum 3.0 GPA and a major exam for prospective teachers. The piece contrasts and critiques ed schools with aims to raise standards.
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C. Bradley Thompson
Clinton
Republican Party
Congress
America
Massachusetts
Pablum
Berlin Wall
Substitute teachers urge better oversight and support
In a letter to the Gazette Donna Bean of Marion notes late January concerns about substitute teachers. She says many would quit if pressed to fill last minute postings and teach full days without support.
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the Gazette
Grant Wood Area
Donna Bean Marion
Stands by guest column on arena funding and hotel tax burden
A reader responds to Peter Bezanson’s Feb 1 column arguing the Five Seasons Center shifted costs to taxpayers. The letter cites past Gazette reports on hotel taxes funding deficits, taxpayer subsidies, and public-private partnerships, questioning who bears the burden.
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Peter Bezanson
Bezanson
Five Seasons Center
Canney
Gazette
Proponents
Arena
Paramount
Cedar Rapids
Bobh Armstrong
Letter questions progress under Roe v Wade and abortion rhetoric
A reader challenges liberal claims that Roe v Wade advances women's emancipation. The writer argues reproductive freedom is misinterpreted and equates abortion with murder, asserting that over 15 million unborn children have been killed since Roe, denying progress for women.
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Cosmopolitan
Main Street
The Gazette Opens Doors for Letters and Columns
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns addressing public issues. Submissions must include writer name, signature, full address and daytime phone. no anonymous letters. Letters capped at 300 words, one per writer every 30 days, column length about 700 words, mailed to Box 511 Cedar Rapids or sent by fax or email with full identification.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Knight Ridder
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