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...addition to growing their online presence, test prep programs are expanding into an often subsidized arena: tutoring by public and private schools. While not a new idea, these in-school programs are increasingly appealing in this economy, tutors say. The Princeton Review is in talks with five states about integrating SAT or ACT prep into all of their districts. Some schools help knock 20% to 30% off students' fees by offering use of their classrooms at no charge to the test prep company. Other districts pick up the entire tab of the Princeton Review program, offering it to students...
...their apparent success, in-school clinics do not necessarily get at the emotional wellsprings of teenage pregnancy: the sense of hopelessness and resignation felt by many underprivileged girls. In Milwaukee, Janice Anderson, a successful black businesswoman, is trying to do something about it. Anderson, 36, was inspired to act last March when she read that her hometown led the country in birthrates among black teenagers. "I sat up in bed at 2 a.m. and wrote down the name of every black professional woman I knew," she recalls. "I came up with a list of 42 names and wrote to each...
...says. “If we were ever to do something larger in the future—I mean, I can’t really discuss them, but we’ve talked about some things we could do with a much larger team, with in-school representatives and all that—then we’d need their help...
Meanwhile, Combs has urged PTAs to offer healthy alternatives--muffins, fruit or water--at food sales and encouraged teachers to reward kids with coupons redeemable at in-school stores for nonfood prizes. She has a new assignment for herself as well: addressing the state's lack of adequate physical-education programs and the cancellation of recess. "We cram them full of unhealthy food and don't let them expend it," says Combs. "It's a recipe for disaster." Look for a Susan Combs recipe to fix that...
...Rudin. Black's energy is at once harnessed and released in a role that should earn the actor the stardom predicted since his supporting role in High Fidelity. Preening and wheedling, playing to the camera like Mick Jagger to a microphone, Black gives this unaffected, four-on-the-floor In-School Special the ardor, and innocence, of that old-time rock 'n' roll. --By Richard Corliss