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...that sounds pretty good to everyone - teachers, parents and legislators. But here's where the debate gets sticky. The Bush plan gives public schools more funding, but if failing schools don't improve in two years, the federal cash flow stops, and money (as much as $1,500 per pupil) once earmarked for the school is diverted to parents, initially for use on transportation to better public schools. Then, after three years, parents can exercise their "school choice" and use that money toward private school tuition. (Notice that the words "school choice" have replaced the red-rag-to-the-bull...
...Nine colleges are participating in a trial of Bial's test, which was first given to 400 students in New York City in October 1999. James Sumner, dean of admissions at 1,400-pupil Grinnell College in Iowa, is hoping a test like Bial's will help identify strong minority candidates the college might miss in its traditional SAT- and-ACT-based selection process. This year Grinnell accepted two minority students who participated in the Bial-Dale test...
Zhang's fine features and delicate voice should not be mistaken for frailty. She has a maturity, a sense of purpose, beyond her years--and a steely determination. "The first thing I have to do is learn English," says this star pupil who is ready to become an international star...
...Zhang's fine features and delicate voice should not be mistaken for frailty. She has a maturity, a sense of purpose, beyond her years - and a steely determination. "The first thing I have to do is learn English," says this star pupil who is ready to become an international star...
...architects of Cleveland's program counter that city parents are in no way encouraged to send their kids to religious schools. Parents can choose public magnet or charter schools, which are free and get far more funding per pupil than voucher schools. For this reason, says Clint Bolick, lead lawyer for a group of parents defending the program, "there's actually a disincentive to choose the voucher schools." Bolick argues that if you include magnet and charter schools in the equation, only 16.5% of parents who exercise educational choice send their kids to religious schools...