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...mostly black because he thinks the teachers would be more attuned to the particular needs and learning styles of some black students. But where are those teachers supposed to come from? Raoul Cunningham, who heads the local chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., points out that it is harder to recruit experienced teachers to work in largely minority schools. Critics "blame all the ills of the current system on desegregation," he says. "Desegregation did not cause the achievement...
...anywhere else. Since then, Central High, a historically black school, has seen its white population shrink from 51% to 18%. And this shift could mark the beginning of a vicious cycle. "The greater the racial isolation," says district administrator Pat Todd, "the more difficult it is to recruit children of different races...
...generation is a fertile recruiting ground for the insurgency. Southern Muslims have long felt neglected and marginalized by successive Bangkok governments, a sense reinforced by clumsy attempts to assimilate their Malay-speaking Islamic culture. Many Muslim youths are first groomed for rebellion at tadika, or private weekend schools, where they are taught that the invading Siamese (as Thais were then known) stifled their religion and enslaved their people, a version of Pattani history still banned by the state. History seemed to repeat itself when Thaksin sent thousands of troops south to quell the rebellion, culminating with Tak Bai, which radicalized...
...score of 5-1 on Saturday. The previous day, Harvard routed the winless Bears (0-8-0, 0-6-0) 8-1 in Providence. But the key of that game was that it was the first collegiate start for freshman Christina Kessler, a highly touted goalie recruit who severly injured her knee this past summer. The two victories helped the Crimson move up a spot in the national rankings to No. 7 in the nation. HARVARD 5, YALE 1 Denise Soesilo’s first-period goal provided a glimmer of hope for Yale on Saturday. Soesilo put the Bulldogs...
...Coach Murphy has put an emphasis on recruiting nationally as well as recruiting against Division I-A scholarship schools,” Fitzpatrick says. “He isn’t intimidated to recruit against a Cal or Stanford or Northwestern...