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...dumb down their lessons and "teach to the test," some schools are offering more challenging course work as a way of engaging students. In the past three years, scores of elementary schools in high-stakes testing states such as Texas, Virginia and Massachusetts have added Latin programs. Says Allen Griffith, a member of the Fairfax City school board: "If we're trying to improve English skills, teaching Latin is an awfully effective, proved method...
...More recently Hollywood has turned its attention to recovery because of the high-profile substance-battling of two of its own, Robert Downey Jr. and Melanie Griffith. For Bob (as his friends call him) and Melanie (who vacuumed topless in ?"Working Girl"), the world is one big meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. Here's Downey on the cover of ?Details discussing his hard road to recovery and sounding optimistic, several weeks prior to his arrest once again on drug-related charges on Nov. 25. Here's Griffith, detailing her recovery from "pain pills" in ?Melanie's Recovery Journal...
...been sober for a few weeks. It's called Alcoholics Anonymous for a reason: Going public with one's recovery, especially in the beginning, adds to the pressure to stay sober. The lingering fear of disappointing family, friends and colleagues is heightened when the world's watching. Griffith is raising the stakes on her own sobriety every day she adds a journal entry to her web site, which, by the way, also sells dresses and "goddess beads." The recovery journal seems like nothing more than an enticing come-on to a New Age-y online shopping experience...
...dumb down their lessons and "teach to the test," some schools are offering more challenging course work as a way of engaging students. In the past three years, scores of elementary schools in high-stakes testing states such as Texas, Virginia and Massachusetts have added Latin programs. Says Allen Griffith, a member of the Fairfax City school board: "If we're trying to improve English skills, teaching Latin is an awfully effective, proved method...
...Still, Griffith, the Fairfax City school-board member, believes that "so far, the Latin looks like a good investment." He took encouragement from the confident smiles of Amy High's students each time they correctly responded to a question. "They're so receptive," says High. "They don't even know they're learning...