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At 03:33 AM 3/2/2002 -0500, Juanita Doyon wrote: I just keep hearing this tripe about teaching colleges being the ones In California the schools of education are under attack for the stated reason. Some faculty are unimpressed by the evidence for the scientifically-proven curriculum coming from Sacramento and D.C. But the attack goes beyond one-way-or-the-highway attempts to impose phonics-uber-alles. Since the universities continue to house critics of standardized curriculum, the testocrats are moving through the Commission on Teacher Preparation to standardize the university curriculum. State-approved scripts for university courses are only the next step. George Sheridan 4467 Meadowbrook Road Garden Valley, California 95633 "Hope is not a calculation. It's an action. It's more verb than noun." Frances Moore Lappe Author of Diet for a Small Planet and Hope's Edge
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