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...National Association of Secondary School Principals, absenteeism is now the worst problem facing teachers, ahead of poor motivation, lack of discipline, vandalism, tardiness and drug use. In Florida's Dade County (Miami), school officials trying to cut double-digit truancy rates in low-income areas have been experimenting?rather successfully???with luring kids to class with free hamburgers, Frisbees, T shirts and yo-yos donated by local businessmen. After a decade of stormy debate, there is no consensus about how schools can right the wrongs. Conservative back to basics" forces rail that '60s innovations have left schools flaccid. They demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Schools Under Fire | 11/14/1977 | See Source »

...when the Taggart man was the late Thomas R. Marshall. In 1920, Mr. Marshall failed to repeat, but in 1924 it looked much as though Boss Taggart had engineered successfully??? until the late Senator Samuel M. Ralston (a perfunctory Taggart man that year) withdrew his name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Booms | 5/16/1927 | See Source »

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