Take Our Daughters To Work Day debated by educators
Editorials discuss moving Take Our Daughters To Work Day from April to June, noting 11 million student absences in 2002. The Ms Foundation plans Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day next year. Schools urged to diversify programs like Prepare Our Daughters for Life and university models to benefit both haves and have-nots.
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National Education Association
Ms. Foundation For Women
Our
Ms. Foundation
Take Our Daughters & Sons
University of Iowa
The Gazette letter guidelines and submission basics
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns with editing rights reserved. Writers must include full name signature street address and daytime phone number. addresses are not published. Limit is 300 words per letter and one letter per writer every 30 days.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette Critiques Bluestem on Illinois Landfill Plans and Recycling
Don Cell argues against Bluestem’s push for private landfills, urging Cedar Rapids to charge for each container and transfer waste to a skilled private partner. The piece critiques The Gazette editorial stance and stresses public-private cooperation to boost recycling, noting pay-by-container as a proven method.
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Chacey
Illinois
Linn County
The
Gazette
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Bluestem
Viola
Cedar Rapids
Ilinois
Bluestem Board
Don Cell
Cornell College
Cell
Mount Vernon
Lisbon
Public School Spending Critique in Iowa Letters to the Gazette
A reader questions Iowa public school funding and calls for accountability. The letter cites Cedar Rapids administration costs including 75 high salaries and a large tax deferred annuity, urging reductions and spending reform. It lists large sums for postage registrations travel and professional fees, urging taxpayer scrutiny of district expenditures.
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Cedar Rapids
University professor protests racial stereotypes in Leach campaign
Jacki Thompson Rand of the University of Iowa urges an end to campaign funding using Native headdress imagery. She argues mascots shape undergraduates’ views and calls for responsible education that respects native dignity.
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U.S
Jim Leach
North America
United States
Jacki Thompson
Rand University of Iowa
Iowa City
Principal Ralph Plagman Criticized For Iowa Test Scores
Reader Dick Fredericks, Palo, urges disclosure of full Cedar Rapids 11th grade test data. He calls for five-year trend charts, total tested and included scores, dropout and untested rates, and international comparisons to reveal the district percentile averages and true achievement.
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Ralph Plagman
Playman
Cedar Rapids
Enron
WorldCom
Dick Fredericks Palo
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