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...have world-class middle schools, parents just don't like moving their children from the elementary school," says Andrekopoulos, who used to be principal at Fritsche. Pressure to score high on the math and reading tests mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act also seems to favor K-8s. "Elementary schools have done a better job of organizing themselves around math and reading," he observes...
...former colleague calls this part of Benedict's attempt to "simplify the papacy" and "deflate" the Pope's image in favor of his ideas. He expresses those ideas simply so that the author's style does not obscure the primacy of Christ. Observes Cardinal Kaspar: "John Paul would make longer, maybe more poetic discourses. Benedict is more precise. He is a theologian." An explainer of symbols, not the symbol itself...
...careful clarification by Benedict that the bombings represented "not a clash of civilizations, but only a small group of fanatics." Asked whether Islam is a religion of peace, he mused, "I wouldn't want to label it with big general words. Certainly there are also elements that can favor peace and other elements. We must try to find the best elements to help." The response's nuance may not endear him to the Muslim group he intends to visit in Germany, but his notion of the Catholic Church "helping" moderate Islam was a telling excursion beyond typical interfaith vocabulary into...
...them are also big Democratic contributors (including Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy, MTV creator and former America Online exec Bob Pittman and Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein's financier husband Richard Blum) has raised questions about whether they are investing in Gore's business plan--or doing him a favor. "There may be a mixture of motives," concedes Orville Schell, dean of the journalism school at the University of California, Berkeley, and a board member of Current...
...major victory for Big Business against the Americans with Disabilities Act, when the Supreme Court ruled that an assembly-line worker with carpal tunnel syndrome wasn't covered by the antidiscrimination law. Still, as a judge, Roberts has come down on the side of workers, ruling in favor of an employee who accused Washington's transit authority of having fired him because he suffers from bipolar disorder. He upheld the district court ruling because he said the transit authority received federal funds and thus was obliged to follow federal laws governing terminations. Upcoming Cases: One involves whether workers at meat...