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...will have no trouble getting voters' attention. Silber can ignite a media fire storm as easily as he can quote Shakespeare. By day nine of his campaign, he had labeled the Bay State "a welfare magnet"; referred to the city of Lowell, which has a large Asian population, as "the Cambodian capital of America"; and wondered out loud why Massachusetts has "suddenly become so popular for people who are accustomed to living in the tropical climate." In a testy press conference, Silber later denied charges of racism and accused the media of taking his comments out of context. The next...
Major Initiatives in the Bush Education Budget proposed for the fiscal year 1991 .Research, statistics and assessment of education $122million .Math and science education $230million .Drug education and abuse prevention programs $593million .Presidential Merit Schools and Magnet Schools of Excellence $325million .Alternative certification programs $25million .Awards for Excellence in education $7.6million .Endowment grants for historically Black colleges and universities $15million .National Science Scholarship program $5million .Bilingual education $31million .Programs to combat adult illiteracy $226million .Grants for educating the handicapped $1.9million .Chapter 1 grants for disadvantaged children $5million Total request by the Bush Administration $24.6million
Rice, whose victory stemmed from his image as a civic healer, has urged the N.A.A.C.P. and others not to challenge the busing ban in court. Instead, the mayor-elect wants the school board to continue busing until he can develop a more attractive system of improved "magnet" schools that could keep the Seattle classrooms integrated. Rice's healing powers may be tested sooner than he expected...
After the atoms are deflected by another magnet, the change in its path caused by the oscillating field can be detected, and from this the frequency of the atom's internal rotation can be measured...
President Bush's version of the "choice" idea focuses on two major plans: magnet schools, which attract students by developing specialties in areas like drama and science; and open enrollment, which permits parents to move their children from schools they do not like to ones they...