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...however, graduation is reward enough. He pulls a laminated card out of his wallet. It's his Shelbyville High School diploma, miniaturized. "I'll always be able to look at that diploma and smile," he says. "It's the best thing I've ever done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dropout Nation | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...well, it seems. They're ineligible to sit for exams such as the N.S.W. Higher School Certificate or New Zealand's 7th Form Bursary, which would indicate how they stack up academically against their traditionally schooled peers. However, numerous studies, mainly American, have given homeschooled children a glowing report card: better abstract thinking and language skills, above average in all the main subjects. While much of this research was commissioned by homeschooling organizations, few experts argue against the practice on academic grounds. "Homeschooling can often produce very smart kids," says psychologist Bob Murray - largely because learning becomes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: School's Out Forever | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...stolen, unattended pocketbook with contents valued at $1,732. At 1:30 p.m., the pocketbook was found and the owner was located. The individual states that the only items missing were the individual’s wallet, which contained a driver’s license, a debit card...

Author: By Reed B. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POLICE LOG | 4/7/2006 | See Source »

...bases: performing in front of a crowd wearing suits a la The Killers; an underwater montage, on an operating table, etc. Towards the end, there’s even a segment reminiscent of “Clueless” where they play Suck and Blow, except without a card to put in between their lips. But, by the end, it’s so hard to remember what happened that all the viewer gains—visually, at least—is Key’s spiky blond hair reverberating in their head. Director Marc Webb takes influence from...

Author: By Christopher C. Baker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Popscreen: Yellowcard | 4/6/2006 | See Source »

...same six-minute, three-question exchange with reporters, the President used a word that provoked much head-scratching, even among some in the White House. Here's what the President said when asked about the plan for Bolten to succeed Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. on April 15: "I told Josh that he is - will organize the White House in such a way that he is comfortable with and that meets my needs. And my needs are to have good, crisp information so I can make decisions on behalf of the American people." He went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Been Nice Knowing You | 4/5/2006 | See Source »

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