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...help avoid that trap, the G.O.P. launched the first personal attack ad of the campaign last Friday, mocking Gore with images of the Vice President's infamous Internet boast and Buddhist-temple visit. The goal of the ad: to discredit Gore's policy attacks before he makes them, by undermining his credibility with voters. Every time Gore blasts Bush's policies, Bush wants to be able to say, "There he goes again," and have voters nod in agreement. But even as the campaign plays the character card, Bolten must protect his candidate's weak flank. Which is why the prescription...
...studies be taken in alternating years by the state's third- through eighth-graders. High school students must pass reading, writing and math tests. Administrators at some high-scoring schools can earn bonuses of as much as $25,000; low-performing schools risk takeover by the state. Texas officials boast that since 1994, scores have risen by 27%, and more students are taking the SAT and college-level advanced-placement exams. A study released last month by the Rand Corp. ranked Texas first in the U.S. in educating children, when measured by comparing students with similar family backgrounds. Officials also...
...Vicksburg parents took their pick of three schools closest to their home, the district used race as a consideration in making assignments, to achieve diversity in each school. After the numbers were crunched, 85% of parents got their first choice of school. Even more eye popping: the schools now boast near equal head counts of black and white students...
...College doesn't have to function in this way, and more importantly, it shouldn't function in this way. Too many students graduate from this school without ever tapping into the most fertile resource that the University offers: its faculty. Harvard may boast the most impressive library system in the world, complete with millions of volumes of books and an archive that spans multiple centuries, but interaction between the faculty and the students is where most of College learning should take place. Books, maps and charts may last for centuries, but this is the only opportunity for a lucky...
...will prosecute Cherry and Blanton, hasn't disclosed what new evidence has been uncovered, but experts believe ex-Klansmen and associates of Blanton's and Cherry's may be ready to testify. Cherry's relatives--including an ex-wife and a granddaughter who have said they heard him boast about the bombing--have reportedly come forward. Willajean Brogdon, one of Cherry's five wives, told the Jackson, Miss., Clarion-Ledger, "Bob told me he didn't put the bomb together. He said...