Spagnolo Seeks Forward Look for Illinois Education
New Illinois state schools chief Joseph Spagnolo describes a goal oriented approach: define expected outcomes for students, then determine funding and reforms. He favors training teachers and principals as reform units, and stresses aligning schooling with future business needs while reducing reliance on property taxes.
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Joseph Spagnolo
Illinois
Spagnolo
Consolidated
Virginia
Oak Forest council adopts decorum pledge after clashes
Oak Forests city council, long known for factional clashes and heated exchanges, passes a decorum resolution to promote cooperation and civility among officials. The measure, approved amid dissent from Alderman Charles Barth, aims to reduce controversy and improve governance and the local image.
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James Richmond
Richmond
Board of Ethics
Oak Forest
Charles Barth
Barth
Chiles Rellenos Favorite Treat Defies Health Warning
In a personal reflection, the writer jokes about choosing El Cortez blue island chiles rellenos as a last meal, despite a CSPI fat report. He contrasts his indulgence with broader fat concerns, lists fat grams for common foods, and vows to savor chiles rellenos on special occasions while moderating daily choices.
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el Cortez
Blue Island
New Mexico
New Orleans
Center For Science In the Public Interest
Center For Science In
White Castle
Dairy Queen
Burger King
Center For Science
Letters to the Editor confront teen sexuality and local event loss
A reader blasts abstinence versus contraception, questions adult role models and calls for LGBTQ discussion, then laments Homewood Park District canceling the Run for Freedom. Nine runners tied to Homewood-area and related groups protested the loss and urged reinstatement for 1995, defending community tradition.
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the Star
Charles Shields
Isaak Walton
Medrial Park
Homewood-Flossmoor
Park District
Homewood
Lions Park
Park
Charles W. Tarjan
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