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...required to present, at the hour of the laboratory examination, a note-book in which he has recorded the steps and the results of his laboratory exercises; and this note-book must bear the endorsement of his teacher, certifying that the notes are a true record of the pupil's work...
Where government schools are supported by property taxes or similar measures, home educators’ expenses should be counted against their tax obligation on a one-to-one basis, up to the level of per pupil spending in local government schools...
...Sandor, he's nearing the achievement of the legendary Mieczyslaw Horszowski, who continued to perform at the piano after his 100th birthday. Horszowski's mother had studied with a pupil of Frederic Chopin, and she gave her son his first lessons in 1895, when he was 3. In Horszowski's 98th year of musicmaking, people marveled at his longevity and were even more impressed by his artistry. Sandor explains Horszowski's endurance with the confidence of an insider. "I tell people that the first 90 years are hard," he says. "After that, it's easy...
...much of his life, Mark Latham had been living a Johnny Cash song. Born in 1961, the federal Labor leader grew up in a tough neighborhood in Sydney's western suburbs. He was a star pupil at school, but he needed the financial help of friends to finish university. He toiled in obscure local politics longer than most. A decade ago, Latham won the federal seat once held by his mentor former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. If the public knew anything about Latham, it was likely to be for his loose tongue and parliamentary aggro rather than for his indefatigable...
...committee member Alfred B. Fantini said he was particularly worried that a new charter school would drain funds from the Cambridge Public Schools—siphoning off as much as $15,000 per pupil...