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...lots of windows these days. As a tenant organizer, he acts as a liaison between renters, police and building managers to improve security and make repairs. At the South Bronx's Spofford detention facility, he provides leadership training to juveniles awaiting trial. At John Jay High School in affluent Westchester County recently, Cory introduced "Busting Stereotypes," a series of skits that show how one can make false assumptions about people. A homeless kid from the South Bronx, Cory himself is as powerful a symbol of misplaced assumptions as anyone is likely to find. --Reported by Megan Rutherford/New York
...results are tangible. In two years, Reynolds' teachers have cut in half the gap in test scores between poor and affluent children. The school made similar headway in demolishing the difference between minority and white students' performance. Overall, Dodge-Edison's scores jumped more than 15% during its first year; in nearly every area, scores for its students not only caught up to but also surpassed the average in the district. While such results would be welcome anywhere, they are especially important here because if the school doesn't produce, Wichita can pull the plug. "We were on pins...
...take advantage of them. States will never have the money for tuition assistance for all the poor children who might want it. And private schools are selective, accepting only the kids who meet their standards, which rules out a lot of kids. If just the brightest or most affluent of the poor escape to private schools, the rest will be stranded in a public system even more starved for money than before. "We can't do something that leaves those with remedial needs behind," says the Rev. Lowell Marshall Shepard Jr., a Philadelphia pastor who opposes vouchers...
...social climate of the decade. Lee's portrayal of the 1970s is scarily realistic. He doesn't overplay period detail: the furniture is slightly tacky, the shirt lapels are wider, and Kevin Kline's sideburns come halfway down to his chin, but none of this changes the ageless, affluent suburban setting. The film lets the audience laugh at the decade, but there are disturbing undertones to even the funniest scenes...
...payment stands out on University tax returns because it is a lump sum, not paid over two years, and because the SPH faces financial obstacles that the Business School--one of the more affluent areas of the University--does...