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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time with their kids now than 30 years ago, and the violence that some of them commit. We are paying for our prosperity in ways difficult to quantify. Inner cities have actually learned better how to prevent violence at schools, if only out of fear. The Los Angeles school district hasn't had to deal with a serious shooting incident since 1984. In the entire city of San Francisco, which has half a dozen programs designed to identify students early who may be prone to violence, only two kids brought guns to school last year. But those lessons were learned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just A Routine School Shooting | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...death of the three Chinese journalists was a tragedy, but the protests that their government orchestrated seemed disproportionate. "Spontaneous demonstrators" were bused by the government to the embassy district, told where to march and given a selection of slogans to shout. As the protests got ugly, China squandered a lot of the sympathy it might have gained by a more measured response. "For every person on the Hill whose image is of a burned-out embassy in Belgrade," said a White House official, "there is at least one other person whose image is of a U.S. embassy under siege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Collateral Damage | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...field as susceptible to fads as public education (Remember values clarification? Self-esteem development?), character ed is now the hottest thing going. If it hasn't hit your local school district yet, just wait. Some form of it is being taught in all 50 states, according to Esther Schaeffer of the Character Education Partnership, an advocacy group in Washington. Georgia and Alabama have made such programs mandatory, and more states are now debating legislation that would follow their lead. Last year the federal Department of Education handed out $5.2 million to schools for character ed; the figure is expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Character Goes Back To School | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...character ed are encouraging but inconclusive. Teachers and administrators, though, say their programs work. Their evidence is anecdotal but remarkably uniform. Steinberg of Gaithersburg Middle School says that since he instituted character ed four years ago, test scores are up and suspensions are down. The Round Rock, Texas, school district started character education last year after a survey of student attitudes showed some alarming results: 71% of students admitted to telling a lie in the previous month, for example. Round Rock's Jollyville Elementary School reports a 40% drop in disciplinary referrals since the program's inception...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Character Goes Back To School | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

From 1995-1996, Ferrell clerked for Judge Lawrence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The next year, he clerked for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court. As a student at HLS, Ferrell was the recipient of the Sears Prize, awarded to the two law students with the highest grade point average in each of their first two years there...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HLS Names Assistant Professor | 5/19/1999 | See Source »

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