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Nowhere is the battle line drawn more clearly than on the subject of school choice. It has been touted as an all-purpose panacea: let parents shop around and they will reward good schools over bad, forcing the bad ones to play catch-up, thus improving quality overall. President Clinton has embraced this idea in the form of "charter schools"--public schools that throw out all the rules, including union rules, and start over--and some local teachers' unions have slowly come around to endorsing these experiments. But the unions draw the line (as has the President...
...then, Dole--and the speech--had left for the airport, and campaign manager Scott Reed had to play catch-up. He reached Dole by telephone and relayed Gingrich's gripes. As usual, Dole would make the final call. As usual, there was no one on the plane with the stature to persuade him to stick to the script, or to suggest that maybe the needs of Gingrich and Barbour no longer match those of the nominee. And though he faced what should have been a simple choice between listening to his gut or listening to a Speaker with an approval...
Unfortunately for the Crimson, who never led in the game, the team had little playoff experience. The order of the day thus became playing catch...
Today begins another reading period. It's hard to remember that it's actually not a vacation. Instead, it's a period for us to catch-up. Thirteen wonderful days of catch...
...know that I have aroused angry protests in most students. Granted, reading period, once we are facing it, does not seem long enough for all the work we have to accomplish. But most of that work is not studying for finals, but catch-up work for classes, in which we seem to be permanently behind. If reading period was only one week, it would be treated more seriously by all. We wouldn't have classes or papers during this time because it would be short and have a definitive purpose...