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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think my $25 donation was more of a symbolic gesture than anything else," he says. "I was just doing my part to keep his campaign from being extinguished...
...just because they're heading off to college, but because they're finally done with the SATs. The dreaded Saturday mornings spent frantically filling in bubbles are finally over. The only tests they'll have to worry about for the next four years will be, for the most part, done in blue books. But future generations of students may be even more inundated by standardized tests. The Republican presidential frontrunner, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, has made accountability and assessment the centerpiece of his educational plan...
Bush's policies have been test-oriented and results-driven. And so far, Bush has gotten results in his home state. Bush has not done so on his own; for the most part he has simply continued and strengthened the changes made under the previous Democratic administration, led by former Governor Ann Richards. To his credit, Bush has not tried to portray himself as having initiating the changes, but he has certainly capitalized on the rapid turnaround in Texas' schools. By emphasizing education in his stump speeches Bush can point to the successes in his home state, an area which...
...after day, match after match, Monica is forced to confront her past. But unlike Jennifer Capriati, who recently pleaded with reporters to leave the past behind, Monica remains honest despite being "tired of the same questions, the same type of questions." Her honesty, perhaps, is the most remarkable part of Monica's personality...
...correctly fill out a license renewal form - by passing legislation that would require the information to be made available to the general public. At present, the Data Bank is open to hospital administrators, licensing boards and HMOs. The Data Bank, established 10 years ago, was opened in large part to keep track of physicians convicted of crimes in one state who simply cross state lines to duck their criminal records. Because regulation of docs rests in the hands of the states, the national legislature was eager to find a way to monitor doctors' movements; they came up with the Data...