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...many struggling students, whose scores threaten to drag down a school's overall rating, find themselves shunted from the exam room. That apparently was the case at TSU/HISD Laboratory School, a tiny, predominantly African-American school near downtown Houston. After 93% of students passed all parts of the exam in 1998, the school won an "exemplary" state rating. But just one year later, only 62% passed. What happened? In 1998, 39% of students sat out the exam after they were deemed "special ed," a designation generally confined to students with severe learning disabilities. The next year, after a district crackdown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Texas Make the Grade? | 9/3/2000 | See Source »

...updates us on the hamstring strain that brought a dramatic end to his duel at 200 m with his in-your-face rival Maurice Greene at the Olympic trials. On July 23, Johnson shut down early in the race and Greene pulled up shortly after, two drag racers coming apart at high speed. So neither will compete in the 200 at Sydney, though both will be present and half accounted for. Johnson will run his signature 400, while Greene lays claim to being the fastest man alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sydney Sightseer | 8/30/2000 | See Source »

...updates us on the hamstring strain that brought a dramatic end to his duel at 200 m with his in-your-face rival Maurice Greene at the Olympic trials. On July 23, Johnson shut down early in the race and Greene pulled up shortly after, two drag racers coming apart at high speed. So neither will compete in the 200 at Sydney, though both will be present and half accounted for. Johnson will run his signature 400, while Greene lays claim to being the fastest man alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sydney Sightseer | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

...close two plants making high-profit Ranger trucks just to free up replacement tires. The tire flap is growing: A tire expert and former Firestone/Bridgestone employee is calling for a widening of the recall to all sizes of the ATX series, and next month John McCain wants to drag everybody concerned in front of the Senate Commerce Committee for public hearings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Ford Cut Corners When the Explorer Couldn't? | 8/24/2000 | See Source »

...have caught half a dozen muskies in that time (all released). The biggest I ever had on the line - about four feet long, as the judge, who was manning the net, will attest - was almost in the boat when, being an idiot, I thought to tighten the drag a little (a violation of one of the simplest rules) and the monster thrashed loose. Hast seen the white whale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Magnificent, Maddening Muskie | 8/23/2000 | See Source »

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