Iowa school testing ethics debated after Jordan case
A Cedar Rapids issue prompts a statewide panel to define procedures for testing with parental consent. The panel warns testing without authorization can lead to malpractice, liability, or court action, amid tensions between the Jordans and school officials and claims of privacy invasion.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
ISEA
Quentin Sabotta
Washington High School
Donald Nau
Larry Jordan
Edward Jordan
Dan
Sabotta
Nau
Jordan
Craig Currie
Currie
Tice
First Negro general to command American infantry in combat
The quiz notes Gen Frederic Ellis Davison as the first Black general to lead American infantry in combat with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam. It asks where the Declaration and Constitution are housed and answers that they are enshrined in the National Archives Exhibition Hall in Washington DC.
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Frederic Ellis Davison
199Th Light Infantry
Vietnam
United States
National Archives Exhibition Hall
Washington, D.C
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Cedar Memorial Nativity Scene Decorated For Christmas
Cedar Memorial marks the Christmas season with its living Nativity display. The route features more than 17000 lights surrounding a manger scene with Mary Joseph and Jesus, plus three Wise Men and camels, shepherds and flocks. The display runs through December 25.
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Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Mary
Joseph
Christ
Death watch beetle name tied to ticking sound
The death watch beetle gets its name from the tapping or ticking sound it makes believed by superstitious people to foretell a family death.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
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Timothy J. Gannon
Loras College
William W. Parker
Waterloo
Perry Grier
Black Hawk-Buchanan County
Barton L. Schwieger
Edgewood
Hristmas
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