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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Mark Tangarone: Weston TAG teacher leaves over evolution flap
Mark Tangarone: Weston TAG teacher leaves over evolution flap
Mark Tangarone, who teaches third, fourth, and fifth grade students in the Talented and Gifted (TAG) program at Weston Intermediate School, said he is retiring at the end of the current school year because of a clash with the school administration over the teaching of evolution.
Mark Tangarone: Weston TAG teacher leaves over evolution flap
Written by Patricia Gay
Wednesday, 14 April 2010 10:43
Mark Tangarone, who teaches the Talented and Gifted Program at the Weston Intermediate School, said he is leaving because he was told he couldn’t teach evolution. Administrators refute that claim. —Patricia Gay photo
“Under normal circumstances, I would have retired in two more years. However, I feel that because of an unacceptable administrative action, I can no longer continue teaching in Weston,” Mr. Tangarone said.
Mr. Tangarone, a 17-year veteran of the Weston school system, claims that a program he wanted to teach about Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln was rejected by the school administration because it involved teaching evolution — the scientific theory that all life is related and has descended from a
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School expulsions hit minorities, special ed students hardest
A new report Wednesday showed that minority and special education students are more likely to be expelled from Texas schools than other students. The report from Texas Appleseed, a public interest law center, found that 8,202 students were expelled from regular schools in 2008-09, with most sent to Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs. The Dallas school district - the second largest in the state - expelled the largest number of any district at 408.
"Being expelled from school increases these students' chances of advancing farther in the school-to-prison pipeline," said Texas Appleseed Legal Director Deborah Fowler. Citing the study's breakdown of students who were expelled, Fowler said her group is "seeing a disturbing trend: minority and special education students are being expelled at rates disproportionate to their representation in Texas' student population." For example, while
"Being expelled from school increases these students' chances of advancing farther in the school-to-prison pipeline," said Texas Appleseed Legal Director Deborah Fowler. Citing the study's breakdown of students who were expelled, Fowler said her group is "seeing a disturbing trend: minority and special education students are being expelled at rates disproportionate to their representation in Texas' student population." For example, while
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Evidence that University Shredded Documents Showing Expenses for Sarah Palin Speech
By David M. GreenwaldA controversy has arisen involving Sarah Palin's speech at CSU-Stanislaus and university efforts to avoid disclosure of documents showing how much money they spent to bring the controversial former Vice Presidential Candidate to their campus.
In an effort to get disclosure, Senator Leland Yee asked that the university disclose all documents related to the Sarah Palin event. CSU-Stanislaus responded that they had no documents related to that request.
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The Educated Reporter: Joel, Randi and me.
Joel, Randi and me.
When I reported in middle schools I always picked up stray notes off the floor. A highlight of my collection is a crumpled piece of loose-leaf that says in now-fading pencil:
ASHLEY VS. SARAH
I keep it above my desk and couldn’t help but look at it when Jane Hannaway asked me to moderate a teacher quality forum at the Urban Institute featuring Joel Klein and Randi Weingarten. Unlike a middle school catfight, however, this discussion will be enlightened and incisive, and will involve the principal’s office only insofar as the
THE BATTLE IS ON
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