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...teaching aids, such as books and computers. It also puts pressure on principals to account for their schools' performance, gives local officials more control, requires that all children be able to read by the third grade and prescribes regular reading and math testing for students. For teachers whose students excel, there is a merit pay clause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Vouchers Rise Up and Sink Bush's Education Reform Plan? | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

Falkenrath's colleagues said they expect he will excel in his new position...

Author: By Lisa B. Schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: KSG Professor Appointed to Bush Staff | 2/23/2001 | See Source »

...this specificity of purpose, says William Seltzer, an expert in demographic statistics at Fordham University, that provides the most damning evidence. "Microsoft is not responsible for every spreadsheet made with Excel," Seltzer told TIME.com. "But if someone is doing custom designing of a database, they have to know what's going on. With these punch cards, Dehomag had to design a card for every piece of new information that the government wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IBM: Haunted by Nazi-Era Activities? | 2/13/2001 | See Source »

...Alpha Phi Alpha runs a mentoring program for high school males, helping boost their grades and inspiring them to apply to college. Says program head David Barrett: "So many of our boys are in prison. The ones in school--they're under tremendous pressure from their peers not to excel academically. We want to show them that learning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Male Minority | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...Alpha Phi Alpha runs a mentoring program for high school males, helping boost their grades and inspiring them to apply to college. Says program head David Barrett: "So many of our boys are in prison. The ones in school - they're under tremendous pressure from their peers not to excel academically. We want to show them that learning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Male Minority | 12/2/2000 | See Source »

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