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...hackers accused in the MOD case, Mark Abene (alias Phiber Optik), insists that he's innocent and not a gang member. This acid- tongued media darling, featured in Esquire magazine and on the Geraldo show, offers weekly computer advice on a New York City radio program. A high school dropout, Abene, 20, still lives in the city with his parents, whose home has been raided twice by the Secret Service. In 1991 he pleaded guilty to stealing service off a 900 phone-sex line, but now denies the charge...
Some aspects of the reforms have already succeeded. Chelsea has witnessed a dramatic decrease in dropout rates, from 18 percent in 1989 to 8 percent in 1992, and also an increasing attendance rate...
This is easier said than done. Dropout rates are higher than they have been in years. Student overcrowding makes classrooms look like zoos. The sanitary conditions in many schools deserve the Board of Health's condemnation. And many faculties are grossly underpaid...
Minority students have higher dropout and suspension rates than whites and are offered fewer special educational programs in the Cambridge Public Schools, according to a School Department report released this month...
...report] provides an agenda for change," said Davis, who added that she is most concerned about Latino students in the schools. Davis cited their high dropout rate--higher than any other minority group--as an indicator of the potential problem...