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...sophomore history major from Chevy Chase, Md., was a former high school All-America lacrosse player at prep school in Lawrenceville, N.J., where he played on state championship hockey and lacrosse teams...
...some U.S. school districts are trying a businesslike solution: warranties. For periods of one to three years, 68 schools in Prince George's County, Md.; Plymouth-Carver, Mass.; St. Joseph, Mo.; Montrose County, Colo.; Harlem, Ill.; and dozens of other districts guarantee defect-free graduates to prospective employers. These small districts may soon be joined by the nation's largest, New York City, where schools chancellor Joseph Fernandez has proposed a pilot program starting as early as this fall...
...businesses give the programs high marks. "Graduates with the warranty card come in with a work ethic," says Susan Levering, director of human services at Branch Electric Supply Co. in Upper Marlboro, Md., which has five full-time employees with Prince George's County's Guaranteed Employability Certificate. "They are willing to learn...
That question is at the heart of a growing debate among scientists, 200 of whom gathered this month at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., to air the issue. Traditionally, researchers have published their findings in medical journals, like the New England Journal of Medicine or the Journal of the American Medical Association. Supporters insist that this approach helps ensure credibility by allowing time to weed out sloppy science. Editors send submitted papers to outside scientists for comment, a system known as peer review. But the process can be lengthy. Between the time a paper is first offered...
...most places, the idea has met with anger, outrage -- and defeat. Last fall a proposal in rural Talbot County, Md., to make condoms available in high schools failed to pass the school board by just one vote. In prosperous Marin County, Calif., Tamalpais High School abandoned a plan for condom distribution after a coalition of pro-life supporters and parents filed suit to stop it. Los Angeles' pilot reproductive-health project overcame vigorous opposition only when the city agreed to a parental-consent feature; about 75% of parents at the three participating schools have acceded...