Menninger closing to his schools too
The article traces the Lawrence district’s struggle to meet complex special education needs amid Southard facility closures. It notes 1500 plus disabled students, high cost of Menninger programs, and the district’s legal obligation under IDEA to provide suitable education, with calls for better staffing, training, and safer, more inclusive environments.
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Doug Eicher
Bert Nash
Menninger
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Odle
Kansas
Schmidt
Harvard professor muddies grading with two-tier system
Harvard political scientist Harvey Mansfield proposes a two-grade scheme stating that current grading inflates GPAs. He will assign A or A minus to 51 percent of his undergraduates this term based on last year’s Harvard averages. Critics call it a stunt but some praise his effort to raise standards while others doubt broad adoption.
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Baloney
Roderick MacFarquhar
Shuttle lifts Atlantis to orbit with Destiny lab for ISS
Cape Canaveral witnesses the 2001 space mission as Atlantis carries five astronauts to launch the Destiny laboratory. Commander Ken Cockrell says the crew faces a big, challenging task installing the centerpiece of the International Space Station. Destiny, weighing 32,000 pounds, houses 13 computers and 26 miles of wiring for micro gravity and life science experiments.
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G Olden
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Ken Cockrell
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