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...important things that can and should happen in those early years - the foundation for literacy, the ability to attend to learning tasks and control emotions, the ability to get along with others - so many foundations for later education. Money can buy so many of the experiences kids need to succeed in school - summer camp, music lessons, computers in the home - all things advantaged kids have almost automatically. It?s all part of a larger structure and path to success. These are things disadvantaged kids simply don?t have and I believe universal preschool is a way of helping them...
Speculation is rampant about who would succeed Cheney if he doesn't finish his first term or declines to run for re-election. Would Bush go with Colin Powell--a bold move that would infuriate the right but help draw moderates and African-Americans into the G.O.P.? With the Senate closely divided, the White House would surely be loath to tap one of the 49 G.O.P. members...
...Most important: "Political/governmental Washington is an adult community made up largely of people who were extremely successful children." Washington gets "the hall monitors...the teachers' pets, the most likely to succeed, the ones who got excellent grades, the ones who were especially good-looking in an old clothing-ad way...the ones who got the Chamber of Commerce Boy or Girl of the Year Award; or the ones who figured out how to fake it and still make it-that whole range of smiling but empty-faced youth leaders who were universally admired, though no one could have told your...
...Mexican immigrant from a working-class family. When we moved to El Paso 14 years ago, we had no knowledge of American culture and language or the obstacles we would face. Today I can proudly say that education has been the most valuable tool in enabling us to succeed in the U.S. As a physician, I understand the need to improve life on the border. These underdeveloped areas need more money for schools, health care and job creation--and the water necessary to survive. JUAN R. PEREZ, M.D. El Paso, Texas...
...When they succeed - and TIME has found six men and women who are succeeding, in ways large and small - their victories are all the sweeter. "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause," said Austrian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Stekel. "The mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one." These crusaders have chosen the long, humble road...