Just want to say that I was slightly misquoted in the article: I heard positive feedback (not specifically at the annual conference) from colleagues who underwent the *pilot* program, not necessarily the training program (since no real feedback - only opinions - can be given until one has actually implemented something in the classroom). On the whole, I think that it was a fairly balanced article, although there were many more aspects of the program (both positive and negative) that could have been covered ... http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1099192.html ; All the best, Rivka ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------