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Charter schools are semi-autonomous public schools run by an administration free from a central bureaucracy. Their charter demands specific educational goals of all its students. If students do not meet these goals, the school is simply closed. Charter schools can be funded by businesses and private foundations, but are designed by teachers and educational innovators who do not have to go through the sea of red tape that many schools face today. The use new programs which are tailored to fit the needs of the students they serve. Freed from repetitive and bureaucratic compliance, teachers at charter schools...
...people acquire a settled belief in their rights while at the same time recognizing that other people have rights, and often competing rights?" he asked, presenting the central question behind his idea of "mystery...
...people acquire a settled belief in their rights while at the same time recognizing that other people have rights, and often competing rights?" he asked, presenting the central question behind his idea of "mystery...
...Gore the Senator wrote Earth In The Balance, a warning about global warming and other looming catastrophes of "the environmental crisis." At once passionate and wonky, the book reflected years of personal study and policymaking. Larded with stirring phrases--"We must make the rescue of the environment the central organizing principle for civilization"--and bold prescriptions, like eliminating the internal-combustion engine in 25 years, Earth in the Balance secured Gore's place in the environmentalists' pantheon as America's greenest national politician...
...jobs plentiful and the economy strong, there never will be a better time to be aggressive. True, the environmental community must do more to build grass-roots support, but who is Al Gore if not the country's leading environmentalist? If the environment is ever to be civilization's "central organizing principle," surely it should be the central focus of Gore's campaign. That would force his Republican opponents and any Democratic rivals to respond, giving voters the opportunity to judge who can best protect the environment--and civilization--as we head into the 21st century...