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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 2006
Page
4
The Legislature debates tying $150 million in teacher raises to performance metrics. Supporters urge assurance of gains while opponents call performance links a fool’s errand. A Cedar Rapids metro Community Report Card offers context for the controversy.
The Gazette endorses a district wide report card approach as a model for evaluating teacher and system performance. It highlights benefits for teachers and taxpayers while noting challenges in creating a nationwide performance based system and the value seen in Grant Wood Area Education Agency’s pilot.
Readers weigh in on Jetseta Gage’s death and blame, urging accountability and harsher laws. They urge discussion of abuse, caution against predators, and critique media figures while defending freedom to read diverse columns and cartoons.
Ester E. Knapp from Central City questions why the president travels so widely to advocate his agenda. She contends the frequent trips waste energy, manpower, and money and keep him away from governing in Washington.
A reader argues for replacing the income tax with a national sales tax. The note cites a FairTax plan with monthly rebates, tax on new items only, and tax-free used items, claiming easier compliance and no loss of revenue. Byron Tabor promotes revisiting the Fair Tax.
A public appeal urges the Bush administration to realign policy with the majority of Americans. It accuses officials of favoring wealthy contributors through wartime actions and then calls for policies that serve the general public over a few powerful interests.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist reflects on Kirby Puckett the Hall of Fame star who died at 45 after a stroke. The piece weighs his onfield brilliance against offfield controversies, the media gaze, and how fans reconcile admiration with personal failings.
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