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This spring, Walker, 15, the oldest of eight children, got another chance. But she failed again, by four-tenths of a point, on the Iowa test's reading section. She is headed to summer school for one final shot at getting into high school in the fall. If she doesn't make it, she will go to one of the city's "transition centers"--an educational way station for kids who haven't qualified for high school but are too old to remain in a regular eighth-grade classroom...
What's most curious about the determination to end social promotion is that the practice is far from rampant. A study by the National Research Council last year found that nearly 20% of American students have been held back at some point in their childhood. (Among blacks and Hispanics the figure is close to 50%.) Just how high do we want the percentages to go? This year the Harvey-Dixmoor school district in Illinois tried to require eighth-graders to pass the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills before they could go on to high school. Of 172 students, three-quarters...
...praising the Lord for helping him find the ejection handle. Stunningly, in a war that NATO believes killed some 5,000 Yugoslavs, not a single allied pilot died. Western military technology finally seemed to have transformed war into a push-button exercise. And it is on exactly this point that debate is beginning...
NATO has plenty more devilish details to iron out if the settlement plan is to work. The two-page, 10-point agreement left key issues unresolved, including sensitive questions of command. For weeks Moscow not only insisted on participating in the peace force but tried to place its troops in charge of Kosovo's northern quadrant, where many Serbian holy sites lie. Washington refused for fear that would effectively partition the province. Now the diplomats are wrangling over just what role the Russian troops will play and who will command them. Russia's proud military men oppose the settlement, making...
What's the point of paying a professional to manage your money when you can do just as good a job, if not better, on your own? That was the question Hillsboro, Ore., computer consultant Larry Taylor, 40, and his friends asked themselves three years ago. Sick of sitting on the sidelines of a raging bull market, watching individual stocks skyrocket as their mutual funds crawled along, Taylor's crew decided to take matters into their own hands. Pooling assets, they chose a diversified portfolio of tech, pharmaceutical and manufacturing stocks and have enjoyed 30% annual returns ever since...