Opinion
State graduation rate slowly moving up a steep hill
“Houston, we’ve had a problem,” a phrase astronaut Jim Lovell used to tell the command center -- located outside Houston, Texas -- that his Apollo 13 spacecraft had suffered a major electrical problem that not only threatened the spacecraft’s mission but also the lives of the crew.
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CATHERINE MEEKS
MEEKS: Words can hurt
When you were a child did you ever say, “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me?” I remember that we used to say that usually after someone had said something that had in fact hurt. Little did we know that words represent very powerful energy systems. They are...
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DICK YARBROUGH
YARBROUGH: Education expert says students aren’t blueberries
Dear Public School Teachers in Georgia: It looks as if you have survived another year of underwhelming support from state legislators, many of whom would kiss a tree toad if so instructed by the anti-public education crowd. I know it is frustrating, but as my daddy used to say, consider the source...
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CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON: Something’s just not right
Last Tuesday, my newspaper sat up from my lap and screamed at me. Yes, screamed. At the top of Page 1A was a story of the capture of two men and a woman, none over the age of 19, accused of killing Russell Jacobs and James Wood. Another 17-year-old thought to be involved in the murder was still ...
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