Word: successful
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...Last year's conference was a tremendous success, it was the first time that both [the black trade unions] and the policy makers at Harvard learned how valuable this exchange is," said event organizer and CBTU president William Lucy...
...Bush's success in the field of education is a challenge to the Democratic candidates. While Gore has made education a center plank in his platform, he does not have the hands-on experience in turning around a failing educational system that Bush can claim. And even though Bush has inherited and adopted traditionally Democratic attitudes towards education, he has been willing to take even more radical steps for improvement. Bush's radical methods have also had detractors; unfortunately, both Democratic candidates have tiptoed around the issue of testing in order to improve performance...
...downsides. Parents complain that their children are only being "taught to the test." Teachers complain about the rigidity of the curriculum. Minority groups complain that the tests are inherently biased against minorities since they flunk too many black and Hispanic students, thus unfairly affecting their chances at future success. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education has already filed a suit against the State...
Still, Bush's system has its converts even among liberals. And his striking success makes parents and students wonder if perhaps all the bubble-filling is perhaps making a difference. As further credit to the system, Texas' funding for education still remains below average, ranking 40th in spending among the 50 states. This means that it isn't the famous Democratic solution--spending--that has increased the scores of Texas students...
Some explained that the council's decision to end rent control in 1996 has led to a shift in Cambridge demographics. Residents on the whole are wealthier and as a result less inclined towards liberal ideology now than they were during the height of Triantafillou's political success...