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That hasn't stopped the railing against social promotion by politicians eager to burnish their credentials on public school reform. In January's State of the Union address, President Clinton drew bipartisan applause with his declaration that "all schools must end social promotion." Last month the White House proposed withholding federal money from states that don't come up with plans to end social promotion within four years. In Texas, G.O.P. presidential favorite George W. Bush made the ending of social promotion the centerpiece of his much praised education agenda. His state legislature is expected to approve a bill this...
...have a better chance of getting this done," he said. "Mother Boss," as the Russian calls Albright, immediately thought of the solid, no-nonsense Ahtisaari. Not only did he have years of experience in international negotiation and the cachet of Finland's assuming the presidency of the European Union, but Washington was sure he would not sell out the alliance's conditions...
...that month, the Freshman Union would close its doors for good, and first-years would begin to eat in the newly restored Annenberg Hall across the Yard. Fearful that the transition from the Union to Annenberg would cause a rush on dining halls in the upperclass river houses, Quad Dining Services employees prepared a brochure--including a map with directions from the Yard to the Quad--and distributed it in the Union...
...only was the move from the Union to Annenberg historic, but the map instructing first-years on how to find the Quad was prophetic. That March, they would become the first class to be completely randomized into upperclass housing, with many more "Quadded" against their wishes...
...Union and the beginning of randomization symbolize a landmark class that would be the first to witness many milestones, as well as the last to experience certain aspects of the College...