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New state education standards have residents seeking answers
Meeting on new standards draws crowd of 150 people
Gloria Lloyd
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State officials billed their May 2 meeting on the Common Core State Standards as a way to educate the public on the new nationwide set of standards, which have taken a lot of heat lately from grassroots activists.
Local residents angry about the implications of the standards came looking for answers.
In a press release issued by Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, or DESE, before the eight simultaneous statewide meetings, the state agency billed the meetings as a time for "outreach and communication" about Common Core.
The State Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards for math and English as part of the Missouri Learning Standards in 2010.
The new standards will be in use in all public school districts in the state by fall 2014.
The crowd of more than 150 that packed into the boardroom at Lindbergh Schools for one of the two meetings in the St. Louis area, however, made it clear to the meeting's leader, DESE area supervisor Maureen Clancy-May, that they did not get the outreach or communication they hoped for in the PowerPoint presentation and videos that Clancy-May initially tried to show them.
"I can say undoubtedly that this is not the forum for you to express the passion that you have," Clancy-May told the crowd, apologizing that she did not have the answers to all their questions and assuring them that she supports children's education, too.
Clancy-May, a former Bayless School District superintendent, encouraged attendees to write down their questions and then split into small groups for discussion.
DESE officials would answer the written questions at a later date and develop a written record of questions asked, she said.
"Small-group discussion? That sounds like divide and conquer to me," said St. Louis County Republican Central Committeewoman Jennifer Bird, a Lindbergh Schools parent. "I want to know how much this is going to cost? Where is the pilot study? Where is the research, because I would certainly like to put my eyes on it."
When Bird said she was considering pulling her child out of the school district and homeschooling her, the crowd applauded.
Audience members appeared to be overwhelmingly against nearly all aspects of the standards as they cited concerns about the standards' quality, government control of education, data mining and privacy, in addition to the potential future costs to the districts and state of an unfunded mandate.
As speakers grew increasingly boisterous, a security guard went around the room reprimanding audience members who shouted out.
Lindbergh Schools Board of Education member Kate Holloway told the crowd that she shared audience members' concerns about the possible ramifications of adopting Common Core.
"I think the problem here is that this conversation has started way after the fact. I think there are very big concerns with that," she said. "But you're not going to get answers hollering and screaming."
Holloway cast the dissenting vote when the Lindbergh school board recently voted to approve a statement of support for the Common Core State Standards.
As the crowd continued to demand DESE answer its questions, Clancy-May said she would listen to five questions from the audience.
She did not answer any of the questions, but took written versions to be answered later by DESE.
Eventually, due to technical difficulties and audience resistance to the scheduled agenda, Clancy-May allowed the crowd to speak its mind, before dismissing the meeting 15 minutes before its scheduled ending.
Some of the questions the audience asked Clancy-May included:
"How can you not have the answers if you're implementing this program?"
"My nieces and nephews are home-schooled. Can they opt out?"
"I want to know if you're planning on using devices on our kids?"
"You're saying it's Missouri-led. When did the state legislators vote on it?"
"How is this not an unfunded mandate? If the state mandated it without an increase in funds, we would call it an unfunded mandate."
"They don't call us parents, they call us stakeholders, and I'm getting tired of this," said a man who identified himself as a member of the Franklin County school board. "Hopefully we've got men in Jeff City who take up this fight for us."
As the crowd shouted out its questions, only two audience members spoke in favor of the standards.
One of those in favor was David Brothers, a curriculum coordinator with the Wentzville School District, who said he wanted his five children to be educated using Common Core.
"These standards are great. Can you show me any one of these standards that we shouldn't be teaching?" he asked the crowd. "Our kids need to be educated on how to read informational texts. There's no agenda there ... These are internationally benchmarked."
Many members of the audience stayed after the meeting to talk to each other about Common Core or to ask questions of those who had said they supported it.
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Red Dragon
Lindsey Wakefield -- Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 11:49 AM
This is a revamp of a dragon drawing I did 7 years ago, for deviantART's Draw This Again contest.
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What a colorful week it's been over at NOTCOT.org. This week's picks include fabulous furniture, creatures, installations and much more. Click on the individual images to find out more.
What a colorful week it's been over at NOTCOT.org. This week's picks include fabulous furniture, creatures, installations and much more. Click on the individual images to find out more.
3am - Going through hundreds of pictures ~ and not sure where to even start, or if i should just curl up and get some sleep, somehow these two pictures from within hours of each other felt like they needed to be shown together. While separately they grabbed me, together they felt inseparable.
Found on a billboard in Noho ~ "Material possessions won't make you happy, or maybe they will." And then riding the elevator "home" to my room at the Gramercy Park Hotel ~ "Help Is On The Way" ~ instead of my floor, every time i step in, i want to press that. Where is the "Everything will be ok." button? Feel free to see both far away and close ups on the next page. Interpret as you will!
It's 3am. I'm tired, but i felt like i needed to share before the backlog built up and my excitement wandered off… what a day its been, so much #OBJECTHUNT fun ~ so many supportive folks having fun at design week this year between workaholicking. And between it all i stumbled upon Mr. Brainwash's takeover of the boarded up construction ~ mixed with scrawls about what a hack he is ~ only to turn across the street to see all his art also inside at a huge gallery show… and it was filled with classic designer chairs… so, i couldn't help myself, the mix of spray paint art, pithy statements and quotes, elephants-kangaroos-snoopy made of tires, a life size NY taxi packaged in matchbox packaging with a toys r us price tag… so say what you will about his work ~ i just had to take and share some pics! See it all on the next page…
Another stunning week on NOTCOT.ORG means this roundup is especially gorgeous. This week's picks include beautiful exteriors, interiors, artwork and more. Click on the images to find out more.
A particularly stunning week! Here's selection of our favorite posts this week over at NOTCOT.org. Click the images to find out more.
Going through the many pics filling up my laptop, i keep coming across so much i want to share with you! So here's a weekend dose of inspiration courtesy of vintage Mercedes-Benz graphics and products… it was mind blowing to be whisked by so many incredible original posters and advertisements for the early models… and then walls filled with Mercedes-Benz branded products… from powder compacts to mother of pearl handled pocket knives… and fascinating cases of all of the model emblems… really, i could have spent hours just going through the visual language of the branding and extension of Mercedes-Benz in there! Will definitely have to go back and do it slowly one of these days! But for now… take a little peek into a few of the cases and unexpected design inspirations that caught my eye on the next page!
A selection of this week's posts over on NOTCOT.org. To find out more about the stunning architecture, gorgeous highlights from Milan and so many other fantastic pieces, just click the images.
As design week comes to a close, but not the trip (we've been hostages of the volcano), i'm still sorting and posting much of the fun stuff discovered this week! Here's a favorite photo from Milano Salone del Mobile 2010 this 4am. Staring at it ~ Leo, who's been amazing helping explore and cover design week with me, and i joked that in a way, this image epitomized the key elements of the design week chaos…
Milan Design Week = beautiful objects + flowing libations + a sea of humanity
p.s. This is the Luce Plan Mini Mini designed by HABITS Studio.
Some of our recent posts over on NOTCOT.org, including some great short films, architecture, illustration and more. Click on the images to be taken to the relevant posts.
About to run out to try and actually check out the insane fiera filled with design goodness ~ but wanted to leave you with some of the many stickers and street art bits that keep grabbing my attention as i wander through the city! Some fun silly craziness on the next page! Enjoy!
While on a bit of a travel bender, i was SO tempted to reroute myself home to LA for the Premiere of Banksy's "Exit Through the Giftshop" at the stunning historic Los Angeles Theatre, but since teleportation has yet to be perfected, luckily awesome photographer friend of NOTCOT, Lou Mora and his assistant, Jack Wittbold, stepped up and offered to not only check out the premiere for us, but also take some stunning pics to show me what i missed! So take a look at this latest Dear NOTCOT ~ his pictures of people and the art especially blow me away! While i sent him mostly to take pictures of the artwork and installations happening around the film… here are a few quick comments i got from him:
"The crowd was definitely pumped and cheered throughout the movie. The venue was stunning. There were 4 installations. Alongside the red carpet you could grab some spray paint (from the girls dressed in red) and do whatever you wanted to either a box truck or limo. Second, there was an older gentleman with a black mask on playing piano. Third, was Tweetie bird in a cage. Tweeties eye would slowly open as you got closer to the cage. Really amazing and probably my favorite. Fourth, was the security pole w/ cameras at the top, which also acted as a strip pole for the cops. All the ushers and waitresses had black masks on so their identity would be hidden. I have a feeling Banksy was there somewhere. He's has two brand new pieces here in LA that popped up yesterday morning so we all know he's here."
On to the images on the next page!
A selection of this weeks posts from NOTCOT.org including mirrored men, lego cars and much much more. Click on the images for further info.
On fun exciting new things ~ in the midst of this travel fest ~ Adobe Creative Suite 5 is coming!!! And Linhchi and i have been super thrilled to get an early sneak peek at it to play with in order to spice things up for the week (maybe longer, we'll see how it feels!) So to celebrate Milan Design Week and the fun new features of CS5 ~ we went for a splash of color, some water colored goodness, and GOOGLY EYES! That, yes, totally move and follow you around and stuff… you'll see… they should be popping up as house ads around the sites! And the new tags are filled with links to some of my favorite furniture features of the past… and i absolutely LOVE how CS5 + Linhchi + NOTCOT photos = pretty painting styled imagery! So for more on before and afters, take a peek at the next page!
Also ~ this little project is part of the Adobe Creative Suite 5 launch campaign across the web, and i'm apparently also going to be a judge on the 5 weeks of 5 Competition Hosted by Adobe running over at Behance! The public link for the contest doesn't seem to be up yet, but i'll update this when there's more info!
I forgot how lovely it is to just wander in Milan ~ spent a few hours today walking all over, and inevitably stumbled across a few things too inspiring and fun not to share. Like these Hermés window displays i ran into on Via Spiga! Inspired by fables and fairytales this series of beautifully intricate overdressed animals coming out of gilded frames ~ love the way the colored paper is juxtaposed with the black and white storybook illustrations! See more on the next page!
The Mercedes-Benz Museum ~ you've seen the elevators and tornado and while the cars and exhibitions are amazing, there are so many parts of the architecture that were surreal and beautiful! From the way they play with the constant combination of sun and artificial lighting, to the way the building is constantly leading you to swirl downwards from past to present, to the engraved concrete markings to denote what section you're in, to the horse ~ the first… pre-automobile? It's much like a car museum meets history museum meets sweeping art gallery filled with surprising textural juxtapositions at every turn… so take a peek at the next page for a full gallery of images ~ it's less about the cars and more about the amazing images the space creates for you.


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After graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay in 1973, Balasubramanian joined Daimler while studying for the equivalent of a master's degree at the Technical University of Karlsruhe in Germany. He was hired full time as a computational analysis engineer in the CAE-department for automatic transmissions and power steering systems after he got his master's in mechanical engineering in 1977. He earned his doctorate from Karlsruhe in 1983 while working at Daimler. He took on increasing responsibility in research and development for the company, and, in 1988, he was named chief engineer. In 1997, he became vice president for engineering technologies in the Mercedes-Benz passenger car research and development, and nine years later he was named vice president over all Mercedes-Benz research and development, responsible for about 1,300 engineers in Germany and about 1,000 more in international research and development locations.
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|Five Concurrent Educational Workshops:
|Trends in Driver Compensation
Private fleet drivers traditionally enjoy a higher annual compensation than other segments of the trucking industry. This pay structure, among other factors, helps to improve driver turnover. What are the latest trends in mileage pay, hourly pay, performance compensation, salaries. In addition what is the role of an effective incentive and bonus structure? How are fleets dealing with the rising cost of benefits? What are the benefits of each type of compensation structure? How do you communicate to drivers the most effectively? And what are the management and safety considerations of each type of structure?
|Future of Truck Connectivity -- the Internet of Trucking
Over air updates, vehicle to vehicle connectivity remote diagnostic.
|Complying with the Food Safety Act
Telemetry of temperature maintenance capturing info live.
|Commercial Vehicle Safety & Law Enforcement: Strategies for Success
Get law enforcement perspective; load securement; subjective enforcement actions and what we do it. This will include Pre-Check/Post-Check – Effective audits to ensure compliance.
|Active Safety Technologies
Take a look at speed limiting devices, disc brakes, collision mitigation and stability control from the standpoint of fuel economy; safety, and driver retention. How work together; how analytics tie together.
3:00 - 5:30pm - CC
EXHIBIT HALLReception Extravaganza
(Reception sponsored by Decisiv and International Trucks)
Nearly 200 exhibitors packed with products and solutions that will increase the effectiveness of your private fleet. All registered fleet members are eligible for $500 gift-card prizes awarded every hour -- You must be present to Win!
Open bar and afternoon snacks served.
| Tuesday – May 2
7:30 - 8:30am - Hotel
Buffet Breakfast and Best Practices Roundtable Discussions, including:
|8:45 - 10:00am - CC
|Five Concurrent Educational Workshops:
|Best Practices in Driver Onboarding
Age of new hire dropping; how do you make the driver's first experience meaningful.
|Driver Wellness: Driver Fitness Programs That Get Results
Inside Health -- Look at entire operation as industrial athletes. Establish a baseline to prescribe a treatment. Reduced 650K in first year.
|Truck Roadeos Dos and Don'ts
Benefits; obstactles.
|Best Practices for Implementing Video Based Safety Programs
A look at video safety technologies, their impact on safety, and the impact on driver recruiting, retention and behavior. Review of policies; union issues.
|Sleep Apnea and Fatigue Management Strategies
Most recent FMCSA finding/rulings, and how to manage internally.
|10:15 - 11:30am - CC
|Five Concurrent Educational Workshops:
|Driver Finishing Programs
Whether you're hiring somebody out of a driver training school, or you're promoting somebody from your own warehouses, how do you get the drivers to be at ease? How do you ensure they have the requisite skills you need to be a top performer in your operation. What kind of training and coaching tools should you be considering?
|Total Cost of Ownership
How do you determine appropriate trade cycles? Partner with finance person; Issues with what equipment is costing,, specing -- using onboard computers to help with fault codes and driving more uptime. What are the maintenance costs on new equipment?
|Innovative Maintenance Strategies
Oil analysis instead of oil changing; what are the things that we thinking about.
|Trailer Tracking: The Impact on the Private Fleet
|Top 10 Emerging Technology Trends
|11:45am - 2:15pm - Hotel
Benchmarking Luncheon
Luncheon Sponsored by GPS Insight, LLC
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