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...history (the two are passengers on H.M.S. Java when the U.S.S. Constitution, now a tourist attraction in Boston Harbor, defeats the British ship off Brazil in his sixth novel, The Fortune of War) and retold in language nearly understandable to a landsman ("A burton-tackle to the chesstree. Lead aft to a snatch block fast to the aftermost ringbolts and forward free. Look alive there!"). In the new novel Napoleon has just escaped from Elba, and the two heroes must block a huge shipment of Algerian gold intended to pay the Emperor's Muslim mercenaries...
...held accountable when they fall short of expectations. Among the states, however, the quality of standards varies widely: some are so vague that they can hardly be considered standards at all, while others are highly specific. The accompanying map shows which states so far, in the view of the AFT, have written strong standards and which have not. Most states assess their students' achievements with tests, but using the results to actually improve quality is often difficult. Only a few states impose sanctions on underperforming schools and students. One place accountability has been established is Virginia, where last month Governor...
...Academy Homes, PEN & Peace Games Counselor; Var. Water Polo, Swimming Softball, Novice Crew, & IM; Cultural Rhythms, Food Comm.; Aft. Stud. Assoc., Fashion Show Model & Cultural Show, dancer; Assoc. of Blk. Radcliffe Women, Pub. & Comm. Chair...
This is an unsettling allegation. If Jones and the other ministers are right, hundreds of agents from the AFT, FBI and state agencies have been chasing after scapegoats rather than real culprits. The issue surfaced at a hearing last month by the House Judiciary Committee in testimony from witnesses as diverse as Joseph Lowery of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Rev. Earl W. Jackson Jr. of the Christian Coalition. But their charges came only after several high-ranking officials from the Department of Justice, the FBI and the ATF denied that they had received any complaints about...
...teaching of writing skillsin the U.S. is so bad that an entire generation of children may not be able to write coherently as adults, the American Federation of Teachers warned today. A new AFT study, the "Writing Report Card," found that 78 percent of teachers say parents and other adults in the household must help children develop their writing skills. "Many students at each grade level continue to have serious difficulty in producing effective informative or persuasive writing," the report says. Among the suggested retro-remedies: encourage kids to write letters instead of making phone calls, and have them write...