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...Providence Elementary School in Fairfax City, Va., which has a lot riding on the success of her efforts. As part of Virginia's high-stakes testing program, schools that don't boost their scores by the year 2007 could lose state funding. So Fairfax City, just 18 miles southwest of the White House, has upgraded its two crumbling elementary schools with new high-tech television studios, computer labs and one very old feature--mandatory Latin...
...slope gently into the depths. All this is set against the backdrop of more than 1 million acres of pristine desert, much of it belonging to the Navajo Indian Reservation. Those who have experienced the vistas and serene waters of Lake Powell call it the crown jewel of the Southwest...
Surprisingly, little more than a generation ago this jewel didn't even exist. Lake Powell was not formed until after 1963, when the government built a huge dam in Glen Canyon to control the waters of the Colorado River and generate hydroelectric power for the growing Southwest. The project outraged environmentalists and archaeologists because it submerged ancient homes, wall writings and burial grounds of the ancient Puebloans. It took 17 years for the Colorado River and other tributaries to fill the gorges and turn Lake Powell into the nation's second largest man-made lake. (Only Lake Mead, which borders...
Known for its Native American art, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz., has an exceptional collection of kachina dolls, beautiful ceremonial figures often dressed in embroidered robes. In keeping with its emphasis on the traditional cultures of the Southwest, the Heard has outstanding collections of Navajo textiles, jewelry and pottery from many Indian peoples...
...interactive experience that lets you explore the cultures, landscape and wildlife of Arizona. "We don't call it a kids' gallery," says Gina Laczko, educational-services manager, "but the hands-on gallery." If your kids are older, Laczko suggests a guided tour of the Native Peoples of the Southwest Gallery. Through February, you can get physical with a sculpture exhibit that's 100% touchable. www.heard.org...