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...test of a revolutionary decentralization scheme launched last fall by the city of Chicago. Under the plan, locally elected councils -- composed of six parents, two community residents, two teachers and an ex- officio member, the principal -- were put in charge of each of Chicago's 541 public schools. The aim was to shift authority from the city's bloated board of education to local neighborhoods. But giving parents the power to hire and fire principals, approve budgets and develop long-range plans for improving student performance has so far proved to be more of a headache than a panacea...
...Democrats jabbed at their Republican counterparts as wealthy, blueblood Yankees, the Republicans countered with jokes about the Irish and the state's fiscal mess, and candidates hoping to make a splash at the event took aim at their opponents in both parties...
...present aim of the Christian Institute is reconciliation, between Black and white, between Black and Black, and between white and white," Naude said. "Forgiveness is the key to this reconciliation, and it is the duty of South Africa's churches to encourage a positive spirit among all sides...
...decision to review productions staged at the Loeb Experimental Theatre (Ex), especially as your disclaimer suggests that you do so despite the wishes of Ex management. The very words of your defense should help you see why this practice endangers the "free dramatic experimentation" you consider such a "noble aim...
...fact, your desire to relate the content of the plays reveals that discussion of "innovative" interpretations is not the actual aim of your reviews. They are designed rather to tell the reader if the show is worth his or her time, and what to expect when the lights go up. This perfectly all right, but it is not the in-depth discussion you propose...