By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 1A Annie Quasnitschka has been a successful student at L.D. Bell High School in Hurst. She’s mulling admission offers from three quality universities in the Northeast. But don’t expect her to be too stressed about schoolwork while she makes up her mind. “I guess we’d have to study more […]
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Q&A: Bob Chase, President, National Education Association
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 1J Shortly after Bob Chase was elected president of the National Education Association in 1996, he outlined his ideas for what he called “a new unionism.” His plan, which stressed collaboration and improving the quality of America’s schools through reform, was aimed in part at combating the decades-old stereotypes […]
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Basking in morning’s glory; 6th-graders savor the limelight while producing school TV show
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 33A DUNCANVILLE – She might not yet have the cultivated perkiness of a Katie Couric – she’s only 12, after all – but Morgan Turner already knows how to deliver a line with vigor. “Welcome to Good Morning Smith Academy!” she says into the mike. “We’re proud to be […]
Efforts for teachers get a D; Education newspaper’s report says Texas not doing enough
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 25A Over the last decade, Texas has put enormous emphasis on improving how children learn. A new report says it should pay more attention to how teachers learn. “Quality Counts 2001,” a state-by-state school assessment released Wednesday by Education Week, gives Texas a D in its efforts to improve […]
Trade secrets: College teaches ins and outs of international business
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 28A The next time you chow down on Tahitian breadfruit or enjoy a glass of Tibetan yak butter tea, think about the people who helped bring it to your table – the business people who managed to wade through the thicket of international tariffs and troubles to deliver it […]
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District blames clerk error for discipline undercount; Lancaster officials say they’ll correct problem
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 31A The Lancaster school district underreported the number of students it disciplined last year to the Texas Education Agency because of clerical errors, Superintendent Billy Ward said Tuesday. “We certainly were not trying to hide anything or misrepresent anything,” he said. “We will fix the problem.” The discrepancy was […]
Survey finds D-FW among more-educated metro areas; Though some groups lag, local rates outpace U.S. average
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 25A Dallas-Fort Worth residents are more likely than most across the country to hold a college degree, according to a new Census Bureau study that found Americans more educated than ever. The study released Tuesday, an annual report on education attainment in the United States, also found the area […]
Bugging out: Exterminator faces 1,000 roaches for ‘Ripley’s’ stunt job
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 41A The worst part was when the roaches got into his pants. “No mas! No mas!” yelled Plano exterminator Michael Bohdan, dancing an impromptu jig as a few of the little buggers scampered below his belt. “They squeeze in anywhere they can!” Mr. Bohdan wasn’t complaining about a job […]
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Take out your Bibles: Teacher keeps Constitution in mind in lectures to public school students
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 37A DUNCANVILLE — At first glance, it looks like any current events class, from wall maps of the world’s hot spots to the newspaper the teacher is reading out loud. Today’s topic: the latest clash in the Middle East, the battle between Israelis and Palestinians over control of the […]
Waxahachie band sweet on New York; Months of selling, practicing lead to Macy’s parade
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 21A The dentists in Waxahachie must be in heaven. It took selling more than 5,000 sugary lollipops – not to mention untold hundreds of chocolate bars, hard candies and cookie dough chunks – but the Waxahachie High School band has raised enough money to march in one of the […]