Letters to the Editor - July 2007
David Everett: Hawthorne Cedar Knolls School
To the Editor:
I was a graduate at Hawthorne Cedar Knolls school around 1945. I won the first Mortimer Schiff award.
Stanley Rosner
Los Angeles, CA
Is Corporal Punishment Alive and Legal?
To the Editor:
The use of corporal punishment in schools should be abolished. It does not make sense and is absolutely torture to our children. How about guidance and counseling and involving parents to help ameliorate some of those problems? Schools should not be prisons but educational institutions.
Agreement Lathi Jotia, Ph.D.
Columbus, OH
Interview with Dr. Michelle Fine
To the Editor:
This article pin points very important factors dealing with inmates and education levels. Everyone is entitled to an education, regardless of imprisonment circumstances or not. Kudos to this article!
Ashley
Charlottesville, VA
Freedom Writers: Erin Gruwell
To the Editor:
I wish more teachers would commit to helping kids like Erin Gruwell.
Matthew Cooke,
Huntersville, NC
New For Teachers! Fun Ways to Teach Math
To the Editor:
What a great way to introduce a little bit of geo-science and math as well! Thanks to Dean Posamentier.
Himanshoo
Pune, India
Harvard’s Howard Gardner Receives Standing Ovation at Bank Street Event
To the Editor:
Brilliant—so good to see respect and ethics being an integral part of the 5 Minds.
Jenny Dillon,
Bendigo, ID
To the Editor:
Since I learned about the Howard Gardner jobs and theory at master degree studies, I try to know more about his work. Congratulations to him and your organization to keep us up-to-date with innovations in education.
Juanita Montanez
Punta Santiago, PR