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Search results for "uncertified" ...
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Ugly Road to Beauty
Many Americans who are looking for cheap plastic surgery go to Mexico to find it. Gomez found that most clinics are uncredited and hire surgeons who are uncertified or are simply poor at the job. Those who want to get plastic surgery in Mexico are advised to do their homework before departing.
Tags: plastic suregery; beauty; surgical procedures; cosmetic surgery; physicians; doctors; medicine
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The New Segregation
The News & Observer investigated the resegregation of North Carolina schools and found that: segregation leads to lower academic achievement in all minority groups, resegregation is hurting middle-class black children more than any other group, the racial mix of schools has little effect on white students' scores, predominantly black schools are more likely to have inexperienced and uncertified teachers. The series resulted in $10 million in state funds being given to struggling schools.
Tags: race; segregation; schools; education; minorities; racial issues; poverty; African-Americans
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Not Fit to Teach Your Kid
The Daily News finds that New York's lowest-performing schools are staffed by some teachers who have not met state teaching requirements. Looks at specific schools with high numbers of uncertified teachers and areas of the city where uncertified teachers are clustered.
Tags: teachers; uncertified; computer assisted; teacher training; reading scores
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"Everyone Let These Kids Down: The Definitive Story of How Five Children Made It Through Third Grade and Still Can't Read"
This four-part series reveals how the New York City School System fails to sufficiently educate elementary school children to their appropriate level, forcing tens of thousands of children to stay behind due to the advent of standardized testing. A computer-assisted reporting project revealed a correlation between low student testing scores and high percentages of uncertified teachers.
Tags: CAR Queens; Board of Education; Department of Education; PS 40; teacher certification; licensing; academic records; FOI
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WEYI-TV (Clio, Mich.) exposes a loophole in the state's one-of-a-kind "no-fault" auto insurance system; finds evidence of client abuse and neglect of the program, as well as "padded" insurance billing and use of uncertified therapists, February - April 1992.
Tags: MI Wyatt tape
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WEYI-TV (Clio, Mich.) finds that a town in Michigan was using untrained, uncertified people in place of police officers, 1992.
Tags: MI Birmingham Bower tape
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Salina (Kan.) Journal finds a local nursing home is understaffed, and has been cited by the state for 12 deficiencies in 1988; the deficiencies include uncertified aides, dirty resident linens, returning contaminated supplies to a treatment cart for reuse, and urine-soaked clothing in residents' rooms, Oct. 16, 1988.
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