No Child Left Behind Targets Highly Qualified Teachers
CHICAGO AP Sandra Meyer, a drama teacher at Curie Metropolitan High School for 20 years, faces the No Child Left Behind rule requiring full certification and subject mastery by 2005 06. Veterans fear losing experienced staff as districts cite staffing and funding concerns and parents receive notices when teachers lack “highly qualified” status.
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Chicago
Sandra Meyer
Curie Metropolitan High School
Meyer
Bush
U.S
Rod Paige
Paige
Dan Langan
Law Tightens Teacher Aide Certification in Mount Vernon District
The new law extends not only teaching restrictions but also tightens aide certification requiring 60 college credits or a certification test. Mount Vernon Elementary School District Superintendent Kevin Settle notes aides bear the brunt as the district reports a shrinking pool of potential aides since enactment. Older teachers face fewer immediate changes while larger districts feel the long term impact more than small ones.
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Kevin Settle
Mount Vernon
Settle
Brett Boren
Shawnee High School
Boren
Liberia leader Taylor calls for orderly exit amid peacekeeping push
Embattled Liberian President Charles Taylor signals departure with Nigerian asylum offer from Obasanjo and U.S. peacekeeping backing. U S and West African leaders warn against hasty exit while Congress weighs troop deployment. Taylor stresses an orderly transition to avoid renewed fighting as peacekeepers prepare.
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Accra
Ghana
U.S
Liberia
Taylor
Obasanjo
Washington
John Warner
R-Va
Armed Services Committee
Congress
U.S. Forces In There,” Warner
NBC
Gamers study shows gaming is social multitasking activity
A nationwide survey of 1,162 college students across 27 campuses finds 65 percent are regular or occasional game players and shows gaming is a social behavior often done in rooms or homes. Nearly 70 percent started by elementary school, with women nearly as active online players as men.
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Jones
Peaches ripen as Rendleman and Flamm Orchards open farms
Southern Illinois orchards ship peaches nationwide with Harvest season running toward Labor Day. Rendleman Orchards and Flamm's Orchard sell farm grown peaches and nectarines with wholesale and farm store options. Sirles notes trade with other farmers for produce while stressing tree ripened fruit offers best flavor.
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Flamm
Alto Pass
Rendleman’s
Wayne Sirles
Sirles
Flamm’s
Rendleman Orchards
Inaccurate attribution in Southern Illinoisan church story
Readers claim a Sunday piece failed to identify Rev. Paul Ritter as pastor of Trinity Assembly of God in Pinckneyville. The paper allegedly misidentified clergy in the Pinckneyville church story.
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Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Paul Ritter
Trinity Assembly of God
Pinckneyville
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