Sarasota Ed Board Faces Challenge in Student Achievement Gap
An editorial commends the Sarasota County school board for investigating why students lag in achievement despite aptitude levels. It notes a five year trend with junior high gaps and argues evaluation of teachers, tenure limits, and local funding as key issues while urging routine performance reviews every three to five years to boost quality education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota County
Rick Nations
United States
South County
Playpen life and the moral clash over shackin up
Mike Murphy argues that the playpen lifestyle where couples avoid commitment is a doomed, self serving trend. He mocks the idea that a court victory for Michelle in the Marvin case signals a real moral shift and urges forming legitimate marriages with clear titles.
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Marvin
Playpen
Ichelle
Michelle
Lee
Mr. Marvin
Hubby
Little Michelle
Rat-Fink Lee
Quotes on virtue and human nature from famed thinkers
A collection of maxims from Friedrich Nietzsche, German proverb, Robert Browning, Benjamin Franklin, Emerson, and Shakespeare about reverence, belief, ambition, contentment, civility, and adolescence.
Letters to the editor wants better motoring manners
A Nokomis reader urges safer driving and courtesy on Albee Road and U S 41. The writer cites rude drivers speeding into gaps and questions careless acts that risk accidents after the tourist season ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albee Road
U.S. 41
Venice High seniors shine on Bahamas cruise
Venice High School Class of 79 chaperoned 80 seniors aboard the Flavia for a Bahamas cruise. Students excel in talent contests, winning disco dancing and singing, while impressing passengers among 600 aboard. Venice locals praise the students as community assets.
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Venice
Bahamas
Frank Gallo
Grace Ciaramitaro
Mark Ledger
Laura Furtan
Venice High
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Randall Hicks
David Bitner
SUN Coast Gondolier
Sun Coast Gondolier Inc
Derek Dunn
Rankin
Robert A. Vedder
Sun Coast Gondolier, Inc
Miami Ave
P.O
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Florida Press Service
Tallahassee
Fla
New York
N.Y
Atlanta
Detroit
Mich
John C
Hewens
North Port
Friedrich
Robert Browning
Benjamin Franklin
Emerson
Shakespeare
Louis Sinclair
Betty Chadwick
New Orleans
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Ma Bell
Jean Alexander
Nokomis
Enison
Sara
Jesse
Adam
Mom
Pop
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