Tuesday Jul 7 | The Mankato Free Press
Tests help teachers reach students
Once upon a time, the phrase "teaching to the test" carried a negative connotation.
Give children the gift of books
Did you know that 50 percent of Minnesota children arrive at kindergarten unprepared to learn? The more words a child hears, the larger the childa s vocabulary when they start kindergarten and the more likely that child will become a proficient reader.
Charles Bakker: Antibullying law is the wrong fix
The antibullying amendment proposed in Minnesota would expand bullying guidelines to cover sexual orientation, national origin, physical characteristics and probably a bunch of other things once all is said and done.
I Love to Read Month: Emphasis on skills
Hoover Elementary student Tate Alfstad chooses a book off a library shelf. Photos by John Cross / From left: Kalie Holland, Abby Nelson, Louise Dhyvetter, Caden Killion put up 'I love to read' hearts around ...
Minnesota nurse may have encouraged Canadian student's suicide
Nadia Kajouji's parents couldn't believe what they were reading: Buy a rope that's long enough and strong enough to do the job, a writer in an online chat room had advised their 18-year-old college student, ...
Vaccines don't cause autism, special court says
Reading the post from the new parent seriously considering foregoing vaccinations...please don't make that mistake.
Dear Daddy Web site documents Great Depression experience
In her 80s, Martha Linsley bought a small typewriter from Montgomery Ward, taught herself to type and transcribed hundreds of letters she and her children and her husband wrote to one another during the Great ...
What This Country Is Still Needing? / The 'wish books' don't come...
Writes Al B of Hartland: "When I was a boy, I would anxiously await the arrival each year of catalogs from Montgomery Ward's and J.C. Penney's. These catalogs were known as 'wish books' because most of us would ...
Dixie Sokolik: Snow: Make it your personal fitness trainer
I've come a long way, baby. Unfortunately, that's not all positive. The recent snowstorms reminded me of a guest column I had written several years ago.
Voter intent sought in canvassing board senate ballot review
Reading voters' minds is not "an exact science," state elections' officials learned Tuesday as they examined the first of what could be more than 1,500 U.S. Senate ballots.
Linda Masters Etc.: Christmas Recipe Countdown now available
Looking for a gift? The Christmas Recipe Countdown on my blog, 'Etc. and More' at www.baxterbulletin.com, now is available in print at The Bulletin office, 16 W. Sixth St.
Reading program a quiet success
The 'normal' school teachers are probably spending most of their time attempting to manage the classroom read more with your unruly kid/kids. How come the Americorp workers are having success? Proven techniques ...
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