Word: environmentally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In the last few years, many Asian-American students have made headlines by excelling in the classroom and winning prestigious math and science contests. But very little attention has been paid to the Asian-American students who are performing poorly in school. Many of these are refugees from Cambodia, Laos...
The root of their disadvantage, Nhan Truong believes, stems from their language deficiencies and cultural differences as much as from their poverty. Apprehensive of the new environment, they tend to stay within their own neighborhood. Unable to speak English, they are isolated from other children of their age. In school...
The Bill of Rights isn't stamped "for adults only." The U.S. Supreme Court has said as much in the past, acknowledging that public school students do not give up their constitutional rights when they step onto school property. But the Justices have also recognized that the need for an...
On his farm, Wiggins walks among his mallard ducks, chickens, geese and a Norfolk terrier named Red that once belonged to the late White. The elders among the geese -- Arthur, the old gander, and Jezebel, the goose -- are often featured in Wiggin's Aesop-like bimonthly column. Once a "mover...
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