Friday, September 24, 2010

The Editor's Notepod, Fri., Sept. 24, 2010

Neither Meriden residents nor those anywhere else should get too het up about average SAT scores. The test has about as much intrinsic value as the CAPT or the Mastery and is designed for a specific purpose (college admissions or demonstration of No Child Left Behind) which is other than the instruction and learning of any child in the system.

Southington: the new spelling system being taught in schools this year aims at increasing not only students’ mechanical ability with words but also their understanding of words. That’s fine, so long as they continue to learn to spell them.

Southington: proceeds from a new calendar, which the Barnes Museum hopes to have ready for the Apple Harvest Festival, will help fund repairs to the roof, a long standing need.

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