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But many educators believe that ideology was not the problem. "There were some very good middle schools out there, but middle school reform never got fully implemented," says Jacquelynne Eccles, professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and a member of a task force that issued Turning Points, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Middle School Bad For Kids? | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

"When the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court meet to discuss and vote on cases on Friday mornings [and also sometimes on Wednesdays and Thursdays], they begin with the simple ritual of shaking hands. Then they sit down to decide on some of the nation's most sensitive, sometimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

So he enlisted volunteers for all the episodes but one, in which he spends a month living on the minimum wage (along with Jamieson, now his fiancé). The experience is as rough on their relationship as Super Size Me was on his waistline. They set off jauntily, she getting a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: SECOND ACT: Living a Dare, For 30 Days At a Time | 6/12/2005 | See Source »

Increasingly aware of the stakes and feeling somewhat upstaged by the well-oiled conservative machinery, Democratic Senators plan to ask tougher questions of the Reagan nominees, and have hired their own judicial-selection specialist. Some liberal lobbyists are campaigning to head off targeted candidates before the President formally chooses them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Judges with Their Minds Right | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

The Democrats come to their dilemma honorably. It dates back to the civil rights movement, when federal courts had to enforce federal law in states that refused racial integration. But the courts soon wandered into unlegislated gray areas. They imposed forced busing to achieve school integration, allowed racial preferences in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Idea for Democrats: Democracy | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

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