Word: charter
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Sometimes the results are invigorating. Frustrated by poorly run public schools, activist parents are changing the face of American education with reforms from school vouchers to charter schools and the private management of public schools. ``I've seen schools that have been totally transformed,'' said Diana Nelson, a mother of two, during a convention earlier this month of parents serving on local public-school councils in Chicago. One by one, parents stood up and explained their concerns, some near tears. During a training session called Speak Up!, participants broke into small groups to practice testifying before state legislators...
...work left to the states and communities. "Most federal programs can be done elsewhere," said Bennett, who headed Education under President Reagan. Alexander, who held the post in the Bush Administration and plans to run for president in 1996, suggested a deregulated, locally-run education system composed of charter schools. The two addressed a conference sponsored in part by Empower America, the conservative politcal group that Bennett co-chairs...
...that year that the Harvard Square Defense Fund was founded by a group of city residents. The fund's charter says the group is dedicated to preventing the "further environmental and ecological deterioration of the Harvard Square area...
...officials admitted today they were investigating suspected sabotage of Tower Air's fleet at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The charter airline says there have been five incidents of sabotage to its Boeing 747s in the past three months. Newsday, which broke the story, today reported that investigators have not ruled out terrorism as a motive because Tower Air flies to Israel. Another possibility: disgruntled workers.Post your opinion on theScience & Technologybulletin board...
...aggressive push for the lifting of the arms embargo. If such an effort failed, the U.S. would be morally justified in skirting the embargo and supplying the Bosnians unilaterally. The embargo is, after all, a violation of Bosnia's right to self-defense, a right guaranteed in the U.N. Charter. Air strikes against Serb supply lines and heavy weapons would further increase pressure for a more just settlement. And all else failing, ground troops should be a possibility--the stakes are that high...