Elyria adopts business-inspired school reinvention plan
Elyria School District joins three Ohio districts in developing a model that borrows business sector efficiency techniques to boost education. Superintendent Lester Schultz frames reinvention as creating curiosity and continuous improvement while ensuring classrooms teach critical thinking and problem solving, though details remain years away.
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Opinions-ours yours and theirs in our editorials
The Chronicle-Telegram presents editorials and guest pieces that challenge readers to form opinions. It invites letters to the editor to share responses and engage in public discourse.
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Diplomacy and Gulf War reflections by readers
Jeff Bullock argues diplomacy could have averted Gulf War deaths and cites Kennedy Khrushchev as a contrast. He cautions against relying on military muscle alone and urges exploring peaceful options to spare lives. Frank T. West criticizes government employee pay raises and fiscal missteps. Daniel Wagenknecht offers a holiday wish list with ethical and civic aims.
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Christmas Eve in Recession Era Suburban Home
A Chicago Tribune piece riffing on a 1991 recession year presents a narrator in a three bedroom home facing layoffs, high mortgage costs, and sparse holiday spending. Santa arrives via miniature sleigh, using scarce funds, with toys from an off price mall. The mood mixes financial strain with Christmas spirit.
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S&L crisis tied to 1980s politics sparks new probe
A former FDIC chair William Seidman cites bipartisan fault in the 1980s thrift debacle and its cover up through the 1988 campaign. He argues both parties shared culpability to shield the S&L crisis from public scrutiny, noting Keating Five ties and House leadership. He calls the affair a political scandal driven by power and timing rather than pure finances.
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