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Friday, August 19, 2005

It’s that time of year again.... Labor Day is around the corner, and the kids will be back in school. Parents may be collectively sighing in relief but are teachers prepared? A call-in for educators.

Very Weld

Mark Leccese, covered the statehouse for large chain of state newspapers throughout the 1990s and now teaches journalism at Emerson College in Massachusetts
-on former Governor of Massachusetts, William Weld's chances of getting the same job in New York

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School of Thought

Listener Calls
- should public officials send their kids to public schools?

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Teacher Talk

Seth Flicker, head fourth grade teacher at Brooklyn Friends School
- on how he prepares for the school year

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Joining the Family

Jack Hitt , journalist and author, Off the Road : A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim's Route into Spain (Simon & Schuster, 1994),
- on defining ethnicity and the "new" Native Americans

» New York Times Magazine

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Loutish, Lovable, and Accurate?

James Poniewozik, media critic for Time Magazine
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Peter Gorman, President of the NYC Uniformed Fire Officers Association,
- on FX's "Rescue Me" and its portrayal of New York City fire fighters

» "Rescue Me" (FX Networks)
» James Poniewozik ...

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Department of Misleading Headlines

From today's Daily News:


'Suit' as in lawsuit. No, the mayor will not switch from golf shirts-and-khakis to hip hop fabulousness

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Resources for Teachers

Why does back-to-school season come as such a rude slap in the face every year? We didn't really help things by inviting Seth Flicker, a teacher at Brooklyn Friends School, on the show today. But Seth wants to help, and has provided these resources:

First Days of School: How to ...

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