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Teachers' Pet Peeves

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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

A new survey finds that dealing with parents outranks testing, funding and discipline on the list of challenges teachers face. Parents are encouraged to become involved with their children's educations, so where do they draw the line?

Preeiminent Domain

Norman Siegel, Attorney representing the West Harlem Business Group (who are protesting the expansion of Columbia University), founder of "Develop - Don't Destroy Brooklyn," an advocacy group (also candidate for Public Advocate), filed Amicus Briefing in the US Supreme Court case, of Kelo v. City of New London
and

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Yoga Rising

Mary Bolster, Executive Editor, Yoga Journal, on the state of yoga in New York
» Yoga Journal

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Teachers' Pet Peeves

Nancy Gibbs, Time Magazine editor-at-large, on a new survey that shows that "handling parents" is a teacher's biggest headache
» Time Magazine
and
Lisa Trapani,Spanish language teacher at Moorestown High School in Burlington County, NJ,
and
Jennifer Loh, Mathematics teacher at Ursuline Academy ...

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Stories to Tell

Listeners call in with their favorite stories of life in their neighborhood
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Stories to Tell

Today we asked listeners to contribute stories they felt worth telling. Here are a few sent by email.

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