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PS/MS 279, a school in the Bronx, is on New York City's list of schools "in need of improvement." Only 19% of its students meet state standards in reading. So when Kenia Olivero heard that President Bush had signed an education law that promises students the right to transfer from failing schools, she began to investigate what she could do for her son Kendrick, who was behind in his reading skills. She discovered that fewer than one-third of the students who requested transfers from low-scoring New York City schools actually got them last year. The good schools...
...large number of failing schools creates the dilemma Kenia Olivero faced in New York City. In Chicago this year more than 19,000 students asked to transfer, but the school system had only about 1,000 spots for them. "It's not like we have a lot of high-performing schools at 50% capacity," said Arne Duncan, chief executive of Chicago's public schools. "It creates a sense of options being available when they...
Colby then told of his expedition to Mt. Kenia in search of elephants. He described the customs and characteristics of the Mweru, Masai, Kikuyu, and other tribes through which he traveled. On several occasions, too, he was obliged to settle tribal dissensions among his own train...
...lecture this evening, Coolidge will tell the story of the trip to the time when he and Colby separated, and the latter will then outline his hunting trip around Mt. Kenia...
...hunting in Ceylon, India, and Alaska. As they were anxious to obtain specimens and photographs of lions, they went to Mt. Suswa. They spent a month in camp here, and were very successful. At the end of the month they separated, and Colby started on a trip around Mt. Kenia in order to have some elephant shooting. Coolidge remained in camp a month longer, and then returned home...
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