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	<title>The Hall Monitor &#187; Alice Gomstyn</title>
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		<title>Watch the Gift of Time</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2008/01/03/watch-the-gift-of-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gomstyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Struggling elementary school students spend an extra year building up basic skills through the East Ramapo school district&#8217;s new Gift of Time program. For more on the program, see the NewsCenter Now segment below or read my story here. For the school district&#8217;s explanation of why GOT is different from &#8220;getting left back,&#8221; check out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defending a &#8216;Gift&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/12/28/defending-a-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gomstyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	There are consequences to grade retention, more commonly known as &#8220;getting left back.&#8221; They&#8217;re discussed in this position paper from the National Association of School Psychologists. The paper stated that, among other things, retention was associated with increases in behavioral problems and had negative impacts on student achievement.

	A reader today forwarded me a link to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Wonderful Words&#8217; on display</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gomstyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The &#8220;Wonderful Words of the Week&#8221; program at the East Ramapo school district is taking a hiatus for the holidays, but the words already reviewed by East Ramapo grade schoolers are still up for vocab-ophiles to see. You&#8217;ll find the grades K-3 list here and the grades 4-6 list here.

	I&#8217;ve pasted my original story explaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competitive college admissions: Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/12/26/competitive-college-admissions-is-there-a-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gomstyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	As the U.S. population grows, so does the pool of top students applying to the nation&#8217;s top colleges. But until recently, some of the country&#8217;s elite schools (eg. Harvard, Princeton, Stanford etc.) haven&#8217;t done much to expand their student bodies, leaving more and more &#195;&#162;&#226;‚&#172;&#197;&#8220;astonishing applicants&#195;&#162;&#226;‚&#172;? facing rejection, Amherst College president Anthony W. Marx tells [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking artistic license at Tappan Zee</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/12/22/taking-artistic-license-at-tappan-zee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gomstyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The brightly-painted windows that greet visitors to Tappan Zee Elementary School are the work of students from teacher Donna Schaefer&#8217;s third-grade class. Under the guidance of art teacher Tatiana DiPierno, students painted a scene from the book &#8220;Stand Tall, Molly Lou Mellon&#8221;, a story about a small girl who gets teased because of her size.

	Want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nanuet audit raises overtime concerns</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/12/19/nanuet-audit-raises-overtime-concerns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gomstyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Bad news and Nanuet schools don&#8217;t usually go together in the same sentence. But the small, generally quiet district has been criticized publicly this week by the office of State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. In a new audit report, DiNapoli&#8217;s office cited &#8220;questionable overtime costs and overpayments&#8221; to employees of the district&#8217;s facilities department.

	Over a two-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are all-nighters for naught?</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/12/14/are-all-nighters-for-naught/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gomstyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	It&#8217;s 2 a.m. and your bed is looking awfully inviting. You have, after all, been cramming for that dreaded biochemistry/greek philosophy/art of walking midterm for hours and now it&#8217;s time to shutter the books and catch some shut-eye, right?

	Well, actually, yes.
A new study of students at a small New York liberal arts has found that, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got snow day plans? Let me know!</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/12/13/got-snow-day-plans-let-me-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gomstyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Hey Rockland parents&#8212;got snow day plans? Whether you&#8217;re at home watching DVDs, playing with the kids in the snow or shoveling your hearts out, I want to hear about it. Give me a call at 845-578-2420 and stay warm!


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		<title>I see an &#8220;ethically prepared&#8221; teenager coming &#8212; duck!!</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/12/06/i-see-an-ethically-prepared-teenager-coming-duck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gomstyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	What does it mean to be &#8220;ethically prepared&#8221; to join America&#8217;s workforce?

	Do you have to be willing to:

	A. lie.

	B. cheat.

	C. slug somebody.

	It seems a frighteningly large number of American teenagers would answer &#8220;all of the above. &#8221;

	A new survey by Junior Achievement Worldwide and Deloitte &#038; Touche found that while 71 percent of the teens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got a buck? You, too, can praise your kid.</title>
		<link>http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2007/12/06/got-a-buck-you-too-can-praise-your-kid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gomstyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	We chat online, shop online, date online &#8230; so why not praise kids online too?

	Tappan mom Susan Camus has recently launched PraiseAChild.com, a Web site &#8220;designed to give a child the valuable gift of self-esteem&#8221; through praise posted online from parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, etc. Each post costs just under a dollar.

	This, of course, begs [...]]]></description>
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