Covington aims to reshape Kansas City schools amid closures
Kansas City, Missouri, school superintendent John Covington, a blunt Alabama native, closed 26 of 61 district schools after taking office. He pushes Teach for America staff, seeks longer days and years, and argues for looser teacher work rules while facing funding limits and a history of desegregation struggles linked to Brown v. Board.
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Kansas City
John Covington
Alabama
Broad Superintendents Academy
Los Angeles
Topeka
Kan
Brown v. Board of Education
Covington
Pueblo
Colo
United Nations
Mexico
Senegal
Missouri
Teach For America
Hall Family Foundation
Kauffman Foundation
Wisconsin
Scott Walker
Suez Canal opens and license plates begin in New York
Today highlights include 1859 start of Suez Canal construction and 1901 New York becoming first state to require license plates. Also noted are 1945 Allied meeting at the Elbe, 2005 Syrian troop withdrawal from Lebanon, and birthdays of Cromwell Murrow Fitzgerald Pacino and others.
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Suez Canal
New York
U.S
Elbe River
Germany
Lebanon
Oliver Cromwell
Edward R. Murrow
Ella Fitzgerald
al Pacino
Elyria race signs spark debate on parking laws
James D. Johnson campaigns for Elyria law director citing Scott Serazin's truck blocking downtown two hour parking and Walmart lot use as illegal. Residents urged to vote Grunda for law director while emphasizing local parking rules and civic duty.
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Scott Serazin
Elyria
Super Walmart
Music from Our Parents Strikes a Sour Note at the Club
Dayton Daily News columnist D L Stewart recalls being trapped in the back seat of family car listening to Your Hit Parade. He riffs on 1950s tunes, the singers Dorothy Collins and Gisele MacKenzie, and the clash between old and new music tastes. He reflects on generational shifts and hopes the club avoids more moldy oldies.
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Midview
Social Security
Mitch Witherell
Joe
Mr. Sandman
Hernando
Dorothy Collins
Gisele MacKenzie
Russell Arms
Snooky Lawson
Bill Haley
His Comets
Snooky
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
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George Will
Georgewill
Washpost
Hank Azaria
Renee Zellweger
Jason Lee
Tim Duncan
Chuck Cooper
NBA
Boston Celtics
United States
Lorain
Ohio
Jevy
Lewis
The
Ohio School Boards Association
Amy Gilder
Shady Lane
D.L. Stewart
Dayton Daily News
Doonesbury
Sam
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