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...passed around at press conferences and whose names will never be flashed above a freeway. While we may not know whether the number of kidnapped kids is rising, there is another figure--the number of children on public assistance whose checks go directly to them, not through a parent, because often no parent exists to open them--that is indisputably on the increase. That these kids don't rate headlines is perhaps natural. To disappear, a child must first exist, must be cherished by someone, cared about--at least enough for someone to snap her photo. Remaining forgotten, though...
...turn-of-the-century phenomenon as gains on one's 401(k). Since then, the network has tumbled from first place to fourth in the ratings, and it has started looking outside for help. Earlier this month, it made a production deal with HBO (owned by TIME's parent company, AOL Time Warner). The Monk "experiment," says ABC Entertainment president Susan Lyne, provides ABC with only slightly used programming on the cheap and benefits Disney, ABC's parent, which produces Monk. "Potentially," she says, "this is a great way of doing business." Monk's ABC debut drew more than...
BLURRED VISION Parents and teachers may be turning a blind eye to vision problems in preschoolers. A survey found that only 20% consider it a high priority, and just 24% are aware that poor vision can contribute to frustration, hyperactivity, depression and lack of motivation. Even worse, parents and teachers think a simple eye-chart test is comprehensive. It isn't. It measures distance vision but not near vision, focusing or how well the eyes work together. --By David Bjerklie Sources: Wall Street Journal; Archives of Neurology; PEEK! Parent-Teacher Eye-Q Test
...William Land education doesn't come easy. The school is located in a poor community downtown (90% of Land's kids qualify for free lunch), the classes are big (Helms alone teaches 32 students) and language barriers are routine (many kids' parents speak no English). Kids are tested for English proficiency within 30 days of enrolling; most score from 1 to 5 out of a maximum of 10. Across Sacramento, educators face similar challenges. How does a school district of 53,400 students communicate with a parent group that speaks more than 70 languages? And perhaps even more pressing...
...district is making some progress in closing the gap. One effective method: home visits, which foster a relationship between teachers and parents and encourage working together to meet a child's needs. Suggested by a parent in 1998, the program helped boost reading scores in the district's elementary schools 36% and math scores 73% (reading and math scores are still only at the 46th and 59th national percentile, respectively...