Word: highes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some witnesses said there were more than 10,000 marchers, while others said the number could be as high as 50,000. The witnesses said protesters marched after attending a traditional Monday evening prayer service at St. Nicholas church...
...horrible thing to happen," said Hilda Hernandez-Gravelle, assistant dean for race relations and minority affairs. "It's always a shocking, painful experience, even for people who are prepared for such attacks. It's even more offensive that it came so near the high Jewish holiday...
Sorry, Harvey. The Crimson continued its high-quality play to prevail, 11-3. Harvard's first victory ever over a California team reaffirmed Harvard's right...
...work force will need fewer strong backs and more strong minds. To prepare for that future, local businesses are pairing up with local schools to provide students with training and jobs. Since 1974 St. Louis County has had a program, now expanded to Kansas City, that gives high school seniors two hours of instruction each day at area work sites. About half the participating students, who this year number 100, get jobs after graduation; most of the rest go on to college. California has had a similar program since 1983 that involves some 35,000 students and former dropouts, most...
...Texas, where such tests have been mandatory since 1985, average scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test have remained flat and the dropout rate high. Critics maintain that real learning has been stifled. "Teachers are teaching to the test," says John Moore, chairman of the education department at San Antonio's Trinity University. Some South Carolinians, on the other hand, feel that their three-hour high school exit exam in reading, writing and math -- which for the first time will be required for a diploma this academic year -- has already had a salutary effect. "Students are taking it seriously and studying...