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...year-old black student and a middle-class American, I sometimes experience the type of racial discrimination you depict. Unfortunately, I more often encounter prejudice among members of my own race. I am seen as trying to be white if I excel or show ambition. I am even criticized because of the way I speak. We are defeating ourselves when we condemn one another for achievement. Healthy competition among blacks may be just the medicine our ailing race needs...
First the good news: American students have improved their basic reading, writing, math and science skills over the past 20 years. Now the bad news: few can apply that knowledge in ways that would help them excel in college, get a job or even perform the necessary tasks of daily life. "We have a solid foundation of basic skills," says Archie Lapointe, executive director of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (N.A.E.P.), which last week issued a far-ranging study on the subject. "But there is stagnation as far as high- order thinking skills are concerned...
Bush's other proposal for higher education is for what he calls "national science scholars." The program would cost $5 million next year, and award up to $10,000 for college tuition to students who excel in math and science in high school...
...Funds for the founding of "magnet schools," which would excel in a particular subject, and would attract students from that area. Price: $100 million...
...last week Global Motors, importer of the Yugoslav-made car, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The car's initial allure was its low base price, which started at $3,990 in 1985 and is now $4,349. But the car ran into competition from South Korea's Hyundai Excel, which began selling...