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March 30, 2007

Comment on Friday's local commentary and letters

Slow awakening to scope of brain injuries
Fran Rooker
Rooker, along with her husband Greg, founded Brain Injury Services of SWVA and The Jason Foundation in memory of their son.
ABC newsman Bob Woodruff has been reporting the disheartening news that our soldiers are being sent back to war with undiagnosed and unrehabilitated brain injuries, and they are returning to home communities where either there are no support services or the complex rehabilitation required for brain injury is not fully understood. These heroes deserve better. And their situation is only the tip of the melting iceberg.
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English language learners gain ground
Raymond Simon
Simon is deputy U.S. secretary of Education.
It's ironic that your editorial calling for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act is titled "Failing a language test" (March 4).
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Friday's letters can be read here.

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