Lawrence district sees higher special ed rates for students of color
Editorial notes Lawrence public schools show minority students twice as likely to be identified as requiring special education as white peers. A Center for Innovative School Leadership report urges a plan to cut disproportionate representation to no more than two times the white rate, with clear entry and exit goals and guidelines.
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Lawrence
Center For Innovative School Leadership
Vanessa Sanburn
Sburn
Sanborn
Today in History Highlights From January Nineteen Forty Seven
On January twenty fifth nineteen forty seven gangster Al Capone died in Miami Beach Florida at age forty eight. Also Henry VIII secretly wed Anne Boleyn who later bore Elizabeth. Nellie Bly completed solo circumnavigation in seventy two days. Bell called Watson from New York to San Francisco via AT&T line. The first Winter Olympics opened in Chamonix. JFK held a live presidential news conference. The Iran hostages returned to the United States after four hundred forty four days.
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al Capone
Lami Beach
Florida
England
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
Elizabeth
Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Cochrane
New York
Thomas Watson
San Francisco
American Telephone & Telegraph
Chamonix
France
John F. Kennedy
Iran
United States
Brennan Modernization reshapes CIA culture and structure
Former CIA director John Brennan pushed a major overhaul uniting operations and analysis into mission centers and a new Directorate of Digital Innovation. The plan sparked internal resistance, created new layers, and left the agency leaner yet more complex, with Pompeo to steer further tweaks.
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Washington
CIA
John Brennan
Middle East
Brennan
Agency
Donald Trump
Germany
Langley
Trump
Mike Pompeo
Kansas
Senate
Pompeo
Near East
East Asia
David Kati
Washington Post Writers Group
Oldest Hometown Resident Reflects On Health
Lawrence Daily Journal World, January 25, 1917, profiles J. M. Wood of 132 Fourth Street who will celebrate his ninety second birthday. He attributes his long life to constant good health and daily exercise, saying he walks a mile when weather allows and rests briefly at the end. He welcomes age without fixating on a specific goal.
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Lawrence Daily Curnal World
J. M. Wood
Mr. Wood
Lawrence revisits strategic planning in Lawrence story
Observer notes Lawrence leaders again engage in strategic planning while recalling the city’s early plans from 1960s Bartholomew work. The piece traces planning history through SWOT sessions of the 1980s and 1990s, raises questions about end of CIP and long-term vision, and cites Linda Finger’s tenure as planning chief 1994 2008.
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Rochelle Valverde
Planning Department
Harland Bartholomew's Comany
City Planning
19Th Street
31St Street
Buford Watson
Laurence Chalmers
Journal-World
Dolph Simons
Lawrence
Thave
Valverde
Linda Finger
Lawrence-Douglas County
Fom
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Ale Sebewus
David Ignatius
Idignatius
Washpost
Sarah St John
Acebook.com
DailyLawrenceHlistor
Washington Mall
By Linda Finger
Ringer
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