Teacher remembers Metro's creative program strength and risks
Mary Vasey, retired Metro High School teacher and Combined Efforts Theatre president, recalls Metro's inventive practices such as team teaching, block scheduling, adviser system, on site businesses, arts magnets, and experiential learning. She warns that district leaders may stifle creativity by pursuing uniform, conventional approaches.
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Bonnie Lover
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Bush
Clinton
Taxpa
Regul
Metro Farm
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Metro Theater Group
CSPS
Iowa
Mary Vasey
Iowa City
Combined Efforts Theatre
MaryVasey
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Letters Express Discontent Over Houby Days Parade Cancellation
A letter criticizes the Czech Village Association for canceling the Houby Days parade after 36 years, lamenting lost traditions and veterans’ participation. It also questions lake policy reforms and federal action, urging engagement with officials and support for current leadership.
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Czech Plus
Czech Village
Cedar Rapids
Teaching kids not to help an old lady is poisonous advice
Lenore Skenazy critiques safety experts who warn children against helping strangers, citing a blogger whose son refused to move a package for an 84 year old woman. She argues constant fear harms judgment and questions the portrayal of strangers as perpetual threats.
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Lisa Flam
Flam
The
National Center For Missing & Exploited Children
Nancy McBride
McBride
O.K
Louise
Anniversary flood reflections amid Cedar Rapids surge
Five years after a flood, residents face renewed danger as water predictions rise. Cedar Rapids, Johnson County and Coralville brace with barriers and temporary spillway work while universities and communities mobilize to endure the crest and lessons of 2008.
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Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Coralville Lake
University of Iowa
Arts
Vinton
Tama
Manchester
Dunkerton
Coralville
Clear Creek
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New Orleans
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Congress
IRS
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