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...after a poor showing on a state exam landed Rosemont on Maryland's list of failing schools, a neighbor volunteered to help. Though Rosemont is still part of Baltimore's public school system, the school is now managed by Coppin State College, a public institution situated just down the street. The college does everything from hiring Rosemont's principal to wiring its classrooms to giving its students their annual immunizations. Result: last year more than 90% of Rosemont first-graders read at grade level or above. Says Frank Kober, a professor of education at Coppin State...
Still, Friday's high-court theater showed what can happen when the shouters are kept outside. Yes, there were plenty of them: more than 1,000 citizens loudly exercising their First Amendment rights, including Falun Gong members and Maryland high school kids, Republican mothers and Al Sharpton, a lady breezing by in a mink coat and a haggard man with a braided beard who was clutching a protest permit. At one point, the Bushies began yelling, "Con-cede again!" Which of course drew the Gore partisans' response, "Don't get snippy!" But scattered among the protesters were plenty of regular...
Black fraternities are also getting involved. In Maryland the Howard County alumni chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha runs a mentoring program for high school males, helping boost their grades and inspiring them to apply to college. Says program head David Barrett: "So many of our boys are in prison. The ones in school--they're under tremendous pressure from their peers not to excel academically. We want to show them that learning...
...Maryland company, EntreMed Inc., is funding the clinical trials of 2ME2...
...Black fraternities are also getting involved. In Maryland the Howard County alumni chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha runs a mentoring program for high school males, helping boost their grades and inspiring them to apply to college. Says program head David Barrett: "So many of our boys are in prison. The ones in school - they're under tremendous pressure from their peers not to excel academically. We want to show them that learning...