Debate Over Minimum Competency Testing At Cedar Rapids Workshop
A Grant Wood Area Education Agency workshop in Cedar Rapids featured Dr. David Gilman of Indiana State University arguing minimum competency tests are sensible and beneficial for students and schools. Dr. Barry Anderson of Washington University in St. Louis countered that tests are too costly and fail to account for teacher capabilities, warning against federal overreach and unknown long term costs.
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Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Cedar Rapids
David Gilman
Indiana State University
Barry Anderson
Washington University
St. Louis
Gilman
Texas University
Anderson
National Institute of Education
Graduate Institute For Education
Pipho
The
Education Commission
Municipal Band to perform twice in Cedar Rapids today
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band gives two free concerts this evening at Meth-Wick Manor at 4 p.m. and Bever Park at 8 p.m. Conducted by Frank Pierson, the program features soprano soloist Stephanie Wager and closes with Cedar Rapids: Song of Dedication. Wager has appeared with the band before and sings with the Beethoven Club.
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Cedar Rapids
Meth-Wick Manor
Bever Park
Stephanie Wager
Frank Pierson
Karl L King
Mannin Veen
Haydn Wood
Henry Fillmore
Walter Campestre
Marinuzzi
Helena
Polka
Vitali
Grand Canyon
Ferde Grofe
March
Arditi
Duke
Duke Ellington
Perdido
Larry Barrett
Orban Drive
Beethoven Club
First Presbyterian Church
Wagor
Iowa State University
Chamber Singers
Iowa State Singers
Coffee replacing cigarettes on Times Square billboard
A 50 foot Times Square display now shows steam rising from a giant cup of A&P coffee replacing the former Winston cigarette motif used from 1972 to 1977. The cup measures 12 by 26 feet and aims to reach about a million pedestrians daily. President Wilson in 1914 delivered the State of the Union to Congress in person, the first since Adams in 1800.
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New York
UPI
Times Square
A&p
Woodrow Wilson
John Adams
Congress
Notable historical scholars and figures across eras
A summary of various historical figures and dates: Euthymius Zigabenus known for Panoplia Dogmatica. Zenodotus of Ephebus, early Alexandrian librarian and Homer editor. Zaleucus, Greek lawgiver. Ludovico Zacconi, music theorist. Yukon River as long North American river system. Alpheus Hyatt, founder and first president of the American Society of Naturalists. Henry Clay Folger born on this date in 1857.
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Alpheus Hyatt
American Society of Naturalists
Henry Clay Folger
Arling ton High receives 200 pound gift cornerstone
Arlington High School principal James Crouch found a 200-pound, gift-wrapped cornerstone in his office. The stone, inscribed with Arlington High School and dated April 7, 1922, was laid by Arlington Lodge No. 433 and came from the old building torn down last year.
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Arlington, Texas
James Crouch
Arlington High School
Arlington Lodge
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Education Commission of the States
Denver
Christie Wallace
St. Luke’s
J. Kent Butcher
Twin Pines Drive
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital
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Uni
Stephanie Wagor
Euthymius Zigabenus
Alexius I Comenus
Zenodotus of
Ephesus
Alexandria
Zaleucus
Ludovico Zacconi
North America
Yukon River
A.m. Thomas Plumbing Service, Inc
15Th St
Anise
OOD
Armstrong Men's Clothing
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