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...geometry and a semester of Algebra II for students who didn't get to Algebra I until Grade 9; it would be an unorthodox move that could require hiring more teachers. In Ohio, curriculum specialist Jennifer Manoukian of the Sycamore school system, outside Cincinnati, feels uneasy about the prospect of grammar questions. "Research shows that direct instruction of grammar is not beneficial," she says. "The correlation between that kind of grammar instruction and student performance in real life is very low. Yet here we have a test seeming to say that you have to go back to some old methods...
...wait for a rerun, buy the DVD for $22 or burn a copy illegally. But the BBC plans to offer another choice: log on at www.bbc.co.uk, pick the episode you fancy and, at least if you're a British citizen, watch it free on your PC. That tantalizing prospect was raised by an announcement at the Edinburgh TV Festival in August by BBC director general Greg Dyke. The Beeb is planning a "digital creative" archive that will make what he calls "the best television library in the world" available online. It's a service, Dyke says, that...
...That is a grim prospect for Mindanao?already the country's poorest area?but also for the entire nation. "As long as there's no peace, no stability in Mindanao, there will be no chance for the whole country to progress," says Parouk Hussin, governor of an autonomous region of Muslim Mindanao established 13 years ago after his guerrilla group reached an agreement with the government. With peace talks between Manila and the MILF scheduled to restart within weeks, the government is trying to prevent a rift that would scupper the negotiations...
According to Wood, one of the difficulties of analyzing literature in a university setting is the prospect of covering so many important authors and works in a single class...
...while analysts were tantalized by the prospect of a direct line between two of the world's most important technology companies - and by an announcement by Orange last month that it will sell a Motorola-made Microsoft-based phone - they remained perplexed. Has Microsoft finally established a beachhead into the lucrative but elusive European mobile market? Or is the dongle just one more vaporware announcement...