Principals Shape Schools More Than Reforms Say Hentoff
Nat Hentoff argues that strong principals determine school success, not reforms like open classrooms or school based management. He recalls Shanker’s evolving stance on standards and credits Boston Latin School for fostering self esteem through rigorous learning, urging leaders to focus on pupil potential and teacher accountability.
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Woody Allen
Harth
Albert Shanker
Shanker
New York City
Teachers’ Union
Boston Latin
Tom
Boston Latin School
Nat Hentoff
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Maryland 1 95 STIF drug interdiction praised despite concerns
An opinion piece defends the Special Traffic Interdiction Force on I 95 from Delaware to Baltimore County, arguing their stops disrupt drug trafficking while noting racial disparities and a court push to curb profiling. It cites 950 pounds of illegal drugs and $800000 seized as proof of effectiveness.
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Delaware State Line
Baltimore County
New York City
STIF
Philadelphia
Associated Press
New York
Maryland
1-95
Homework in Frederick County Schools Sparks Debate on In-Class Work
A Frederick County discussion sparked by a parent letter questions the value of 90 minute classes and in-class homework, urging stronger homework guidelines. The piece notes current targets: fourth grade 45 minutes nightly, eighth grade 75 minutes, and high school about two hours, urging teachers and administrators to uphold standards, engage parents, and strengthen work habits.
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Massachusetts
Boston Latin School
Ublic
Frederick County
Sara Jones
West Frederick
Art Devo
Frederek
Sen
Frederick
Frederick concert, grade site, and WWI housing plans
About 500 attended the 15th annual Frederick County High School Band concert directed by Sperry Storm and Charles C. T. Stull at Baker Park. Grading for a World War I veterans housing project along Pennsylvania Avenue was to finish by June 15 with 12 bar racks buildings arriving. Ensigns Stahr and Collmus, discharged together from USS Portsmouth, returned home. Mayor Young denied a police benefits budget request seen as delaying unionization, though union questions may be revisited. Alice Hendrickson won Best of Show and First Place at St. Mark’s Arts Festival in Salt Lake City for her oil and silver enamel painting Reflections. Catoctin Sertoma Club bought bullet-proof vests and donated them to Thurmont Police Chief Shook and Sergeant Weagley.
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Frederick County
Baker Park
Sperry Storm
Charles C.T. Stull
Pennsylvania Avenue
W. Raymond Walter
Alice Hendrickson
Carroll Hendrickson
Frederick
St. Mark's Cathedral
Salt Lake City
Utah
Catoctin Sertoma Club
Thurmont Police
Sertoma
Andy Speddon
Herman D. Shook
Gary Weagley
North Market Street
East Third
North Market
Safeway
Seventh Street
All Saints
South Market Streets
East
Fifth Streets
Frederick Produce
Broadway
Empire State Building
Staten Island Ferry
Weinberg Center
Carroll Park
Ms. Malamet
McCro- Ty's
New Orleans
Media guilt and the liberal media’s power
Roy Meachum’s column May 22 calls media bias a fault but argues the deeper danger is invasion of personality by an omnipotent editorial power. It links the Boorda and Foster deaths to this relationship and critiques elite liberal factions influencing democracy. Patricia Hershwitzky Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Meachum
Mike Boorda
Vince Foster
Foster
Admiral Boorda
Family objects to May 15 Yanoski report on sister’s death
Lara JonesHall announces corrections to the May 15 edition regarding Edward Yanoski case. She clarifies her brother’s name and states family did not attack Yanoski, describing their grief and impact of Carolyn Jones’s death on relatives and friends.
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Lara
Carolyn Peola Jones Hall
Edward Yanoski
Kersey A. Jones Jr
Curtis Jones
Edward Yanoshi
Mr. Yanoshi
Carolyn
Yanoski
Man laments plea deals in deadly crash case and urban change
Andrew M. Rasbury writes about sentencing for a fatal crash, criticizing plea bargaining and noting delays that affected victims’ families. He reflects on victims, urban flight, downtown redevelopment, and future hopes for the Carroll Park Promenade while recalling personal memories of New Orleans style cafés and city life.
No easy answers on inner city blight and urban flight
A reader recalls Manhattan in the 1960s and 70s offering a counterpoint to Susan Malamet’s letter on inner city blight. The note references personal mugging and hardship seen during that era, arguing against the view that flight shows lack of compassion for victims.
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Susan Malamet
Manhattan
Inner City
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Letters to the Frederick Post invite reader voices
The Frederick Post invites letters from readers and requires name address and phone for verification. It notes publication delays due to high volume and provides the mailing address and fax number for submissions.
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Frederick Mews-Post
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Henry I. Stahr Jr
Henry J. Stahr
Hood College
Dwight Collmus
A.B. Collmus
College Place
Portsmouth
Ronald N. Young
Patricia Hershwitzky
Edward Yanuski
Andrew M. Rasbury Frederick
Flora Jones
Snowden
Aodress
Frecerick Heas-Post
E. Patrick St
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