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When Jonathan Schnur was in grade school, he never lobbed spitballs or did the things that land kids in the principal's office. In fact, as a third-grader in suburban Milwaukee, Wis., he was mentoring kindergartners. Today Schnur, 38, remains dedicated to education. In 2000, Schnur and four colleagues founded New Leaders for New Schools (NLNS), now the largest organization in the U.S. for recruiting and training urban principals. The group seeks candidates from all walks of life, from executives to military officers. "The most important thing we look for," says Schnur, "is an unyielding belief that any child...
...negotiating with European Union officials, Iran agreed to suspend the uranium-enrichment program that is at the heart of the accusations. Ten days later, however, Tehran put the deal in jeopardy by demanding an exemption for research involving a small number of centrifuges that are central to making bomb-grade fuel. By last weekend weary negotiators were still dickering over a compromise to salvage the hard-won agreement. The fits and starts gave ammunition to Bush Administration officials who are ready to send Iran's case to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. If the deal...
When schools opened in Texas this fall, some favorites were missing from the cafeteria menus: sodas and candy bars had been banned for grade schoolers; chips and cookies were mini-size. And that perennial favorite, the French fry, was given just one more year before it too will be banned. Howls of protest could be heard from Lubbock to Laredo. And not just from students. Principals complained about being forced to act as "nutrition police." Teachers said they needed candy to reward students. Parents and kids traded schoolyard rumors about Twinkies being confiscated from lunch boxes. Nearly everyone, addicted...
...contrast, from sixth grade through twelfth, Trager never lost a student government race, and by senior year he was—his principal told him—the only Republican president of a New York City public high school...
...absence of Sameer Narang, who’s stuck in New York, Xuan observes that he is “the one Asian dude” at the table. Joyfully, he performs what was referred to in the seventh grade as “raising the roof...