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...couple of months, are taking root. The trees are local - beech, ash, oak, alder and willow, among others - but the money behind them isn't. Green-minded airline passengers from as far away as the U.S. and New Zealand are stumping up $20 per plant, hoping the trees will absorb from the atmosphere an amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent to their share spewed out during a flight. To Ru Hartwell, project director of Treeflights.com, which offers the service, it's a "self-imposed green tax - something altruistic for the planet...
...week remedial classes for students performing below grade level and offers previews of advanced classes for those who've surpassed their classmates. Christmas believes the strategy is a better way of keeping advanced students stimulated and helping struggling students retain what they learn than if they tried to absorb the lessons during disconnected summer sessions. "There's not this thing where you just have to go along with everybody else," says Ismail, who took geometry and calculus a semester early and, having exhausted the math curriculum, will study college calculus at a community college in spring. "Here, you can always...
...reorganize who runs the schools. But without waiting for such a revolution, enterprising administrators around the country have begun to update their schools, often with ideas and support from local businesses. The state of Michigan, conceding that it can no longer count on the ailing auto industry to absorb its poorly educated and low-skilled workers, is retooling its high schools, instituting what are among the most rigorous graduation requirements in the nation. Elsewhere, organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Asia Society are pouring money and expertise into...
...reorganize who runs the schools. But without waiting for such a revolution, enterprising administrators around the country have begun to update their schools, often with ideas and support from local businesses. The state of Michigan, conceding that it can no longer count on the ailing auto industry to absorb its poorly educated and low-skilled workers, is retooling its high schools, instituting what are among the most rigorous graduation requirements in the nation. Elsewhere, organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Asia Society are pouring money and expertise into...
...April 14, 2004, several Marines were manning a checkpoint in western Iraq when an insurgent jumped out of a car and grabbed Jason Dunham, 22, by the throat. When the Iraqi dropped a live grenade during their struggle, the young Marine jumped on it so that his body would absorb the blast, saving the lives of his comrades. He died eight days later. Dunham was awarded the Iraq war's second Medal of Honor last month. It will be presented to his family at the White House by President George W. Bush...