NEA backs legislation to let parents skip standardized tests
The National Education Association endorsed bills allowing parents to opt their children out of standardized testing. Judi Hirsch, an Oakland algebra teacher, urged immediate results from teachers rather than seven month waits. The issue mirrors ongoing debates on timely feedback and student assessment.
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Los Angeles
National Education Association
Judi Hirsch
Oakland
Calif
Woman pleads guilty in postpartum mood case
Paula Thompson, 46, pleaded guilty to child endangerment in Laguna Niguel Calif after attempting to drown her twin babies. Judge Pamela Iles placed her on five years probation, noting postpartum low mood as the case’s context and avoiding prison.
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Laguna Niguel
Calif
Paula Thompson
Pamela Iles
Storm Kills At Least 10 At Strasbourg Concert
A violent storm toppled a large tree at an outdoor concert at Chateau Pourtales in a Strasbourg suburb. Police report at least 10 dead and more than 80 injured, 18 seriously, among spectators.
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Strasbourg
France
Chateau Pourtales
Paris
President Bush Plays 18 Holes on Birthday in Maine
In Kennebunkport Maine on his 55th birthday President Bush golfed 18 holes with his father former president 41 and brother in law Bobby Koch. He wore a blue cap with 43 and received a 41 cap from his father. Two hours plus elapsed for the round with Ken Raynor the local pro.
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Kennebunkport, Maine
Bush
Bobby Koch
Ken Raynor
President Bush
Cape Arundel Golf Club
Kennebunkport
Maine
Stanford physicists find matter anti matter decay difference
An international team at Stanford reports differences in decay rates between B mesons and their antimatter counterparts. The charged parity violation, observed in high speed collisions, may explain why the universe remains filled with matter rather than antimatter.
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Stanford, Calif
Physical Review Letters
Stanford University
Microsoft Encarta Dictionary sparks odd political history notes
The new Encarta College Dictionary rates US presidents as statesmen with exceptions including Nixon and Taylor. It labels Cheney and Gore as statesman and vice president, lists Stroessner as dictator and Stalin as statesman, revealing editorial glitches acknowledged by editor Anne Soukhanov.
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Richard Nixon
Robert Kennedy
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J. Edgar Hoover
George Washington
George W. Bush
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United States
Zachary Taylor
Dick Cheney
al Gore
Spiro Agnew
Anne Soukhanov
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