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Search results for "sound analysis" ...
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Kent State -- 40 Years After May 4
Forty years after the historic Kent State shootings, the Plain Dealer uncovers new evidence about what may have caused the 28 guardsmen to fire at the students and antiwar protesters. Using an audiotape from the incident, witness reports, and key documents, the journalist found evidence that the soldiers were ordered to shoot and that someone or something provoked the order.
Tags: Kent State; protest; sound analysis; audio; Vietnam War
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Neediest Kids Get Newest Teachers
This analysis of personnel records "showed that the elementary schools with the highest poverty rates in South Puget Sound's major urban school districts have a higher proportion of beginning teachers than the lowest poverty schools in the same districts." Similar situations occur throughout America. This teacher experience gap might have serious consequences beyond its impact on individual children.
Tags: No Child Left Behind; education; classroom
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Our Troubled Sound
The Post-Intelligencer reports on pollution problems in Puget Sound, the nation's second largest estuary and "an ecosystem spinning out of control." The major findings are that scientists have documented decline in keystone species; a state program to control urban runoff is far behind schedule; three out of four businesses are in breach of water-quality regulations or permits; precautions to prevent a possible oil spill in an area where many tankers sail are inadequate; overall, Superfund sites in the area are not being cleaned up. Many of the findings are based on analysis of databases obtained from government agencies.
Tags: environment; ecology; marine organisms; wildlife; endangered species; stormwater; toxic waste; contamination; polychlorinated biphenyls; PCB