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...school for science and technology, Spencer Bibbs instead posted abysmal test scores that landed it on the state's worst-performing list two years in a row. During the 1998-99 school year, just 26% of its students scored at the minimum-competency level of the state's reading exam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush and Gore: Who's The Education President? | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...propose that the College institute a cold-weather orientation program for those of us from snow-challenged parts of the world. First, we would learn how to tell the difference between gloves and mittens. Then, we'd be able to try our hand at scarf wrapping. The final exam would be a trip across the Yard when the first nor'easter hits...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, JONATHAN H. ESENSTEN | Title: I Have a Toque, and I Know How to Use It | 10/31/2000 | See Source »

...propose that the College institute a cold-weather orientation program for those of us from snow-challenged parts of the world. First, we would learn how to tell the difference between gloves and mittens. Then, we'd be able to try our hand at scarf wrapping. The final exam would be a trip across the Yard when the first nor'easter hits...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esenstein, | Title: I Have a Toque and I Know How to Use It | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

...science and technology, Spencer Bibbs instead posted abysmal test scores that landed it on the state's worst-performing list two years in a row. During the 1998-99 school year, just 26 percent of its students scored at the minimum-competency level of the state's reading exam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's the Education President? | 10/29/2000 | See Source »

...York City schools - fourth from the bottom. The city fired the principal, replaced two thirds of the teachers, extended the school day and switched from a touchy-feely "real life" curriculum to one emphasizing basic instruction in reading and math. In one year, math scores on the state exam jumped 15 percent and reading scores 8.5 percent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's the Education President? | 10/29/2000 | See Source »

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