Schools weigh 11 month four day week amid NCLB pressure
Garden City USD 457 and educators' association explore an 11 month four day week to raise achievement amid NCLB targets. A committee recommends a pilot at an elementary school while questions about cost, community buy in, and impact on learning persist.
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Noel Stirs Fear As Families Face Bitter Losss
International relief worker Lions Batista describes the hard choice families in the Dominican Republic confront during Tropical Storm Noel, where many fear losing one child to protect another. The disaster's impact prompts urgent aid appeals and shelter needs across hard hit communities.
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Laura Bush abaya photo sparks mixed reaction abroad
Kathleen Parker reflects on Laura Bush’s Middle East trip, noting the brief abaya moment drawn fire from critics while highlighting the breast cancer initiative and women’s empowerment efforts. The article contrasts diplomatic intent with sharp online criticism and cites Kuwaiti students praising English Access programs.
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Wind energy could spur western Kansas economic growth
Richard Heckler of Lawrence urges policymakers to back renewable wind power in western Kansas. He argues wind energy would create green jobs, royalty opportunities for farm families beyond Holcomb, and broader regional growth while reducing dependence on coal and trimming environmental and health costs.
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Graduated licensing urged to save teen lives in Kansas
Telegram praised education and enforcement as key to teen driving safety while Kansas debates a graduated licensing bill. It would extend supervised practice and nighttime restrictions, aligning with research showing higher crash risk for night trips and with enforcement by state police chiefs.
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Evict wildlife with care and humane prevention tips
Suzanne Wikle of Kansas Action for Children urges humane wildlife control in a column about keeping mice out of homes. Seal holes larger than a quarter inch, cracks, and gaps around doors, windows, and plumbing. avoid glue traps. Live-trap remaining animals and release outdoors.
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Nature’s reckoning exceeds our televised spectacle
Charley Reese laments media obsession with official voices in wildfire coverage. He critiques inflated casualty figures and the sensationalism of TV reporting, contrasts disaster costs with real war suffering, and argues population pressure and overconfidence threaten humanity. He foresees nature pressing limits and warns our end may be the final televised extravaganza.
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