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...County, D'Alessandro's fouryear. "Contract for Success" program resulted in lower drop-out rates as well as increased test scores and parent participation. At the same time, D'Alessandro managed to cut the district budget by about $10 million...
...buying extra classroom materials is one thing; buying extra teachers is another. When directed toward items like staff salaries, educators say, private funds can widen the disparity between schools in poor neighborhoods that rely on government funds, and those in middle-class communities that can tap off-the-books parental money. Even some parent advocates got uneasy over the New York parents' brazenness. "The running of public schools should be the responsibility of the public through tax monies," said Lois Jean White, president of the national PTA. Other critics weren't so diplomatic. "It's not an 'extra' when...
Overall, the musical is worth seeing, but only for the matinee price. The singing by both Mills and Talmadge is weak and unclear, leaving one constantly straining to hear them. Those who loved Mills in Pollyanna and The Parent Trap will be very disappointed with her voice. Everyone knows the songs and can sing along, but it would have been great to hear one of these characters, preferably the King, really belt one out. Worse still, sexism, classicism and European elitism (the three evil isms) abound in this musical: the fact that European culture is valued over Asian culture...
...Wednesday, all states are supposed to have moved 75 percent of their two-parent welfare families into jobs. While some states have successfully cut welfare rolls ? Wisconsin welfare cases have plummeted more than 55 percent in the past decade ? they don't know whether that has been driven by reforms or by the booming economy. Cohen notes some homeless advocates say they've witnessed a big upswing in shelter customers, but such anecdotal evidence does little to determine the true effects of the reforms...
...breast-implant trial in Louisiana [LAW, Sept. 1] raised a number of important issues about the role of science in the courtroom, but the use of the word Dow in the article was misleading. Dow Chemical and Dow Corning are separate corporate entities, and Dow Chemical is not the "parent company" of Dow Corning. Rather, Dow Chemical and Corning Inc. are each 50% shareholders in Dow Corning, which formerly made breast implants. Dow Chemical is not now and never has been in the breast-implant business. It is also important to note that the Louisiana trial is only the third...