Aurora Opinion
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Why are we firing the teachers?Apr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - I am flabbergasted by the approach of firing all the teachers in a school to improve student performance. In the corporate world, the equivalent would be when a company ...
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Why arts are an essential skillApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - The arts are proven to help close the achievement gap. The collection of research described in Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Devel...
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'No-cussing zone' for White House?Apr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Does the current administration in Washington hold the record for profanity proneness? The media had to delete an adjective from Vice President Biden's greeting of Presi...
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Civilization costly but makes us greatApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Older adults enjoy receiving the benefits of Social Security and Medicare. It is oddly inexplicable that the same population could logically take issue with these same s...
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Preachiness is not becoming, BurtApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Mr. Constable, thank you for reminding us how enlightened you and your ilk are. Anger is ugly. You are right to scold. How heartening that you would never succumb to it....
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Hire teachers to do water group's workApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Fire the DuPage Water Commission now. How much longer must the taxpayers of DuPage put up with this inept management? No severance, no benefits, gone. They have proven ...
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Merit pay for state lawmakers?Apr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Perhaps it's time to re-evaluate compensation packages for the state's "part time employees" - better known as the Illinois legislature. Perhaps, given their sterling p...
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Careful what you wish forApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Frankly, I have no idea whether the just-passed bill on health care reform is a good one or bad one. It seems to have a mix of worthwhile and awful parts to it. However,...
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Let world know how reforms are workingApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - My father was a physician in a small, upstate New York town; he became more and more disillusioned over the years I was in our family home with constraints on his practi...
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Surefire way to bring troops homeApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - For over seven years now we in the antiwar movement have been trying to get our soldiers out of the Middle East and back home. All our efforts have failed until the tea ...