Word: approaching
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...primarily aimed at students from low-income families. If a school is low-performing, it will have three years to show improvement before having the school's resources turned over for parents to use. Bush's education plan increases the demands placed upon teacher success, thus offering an innovative approach to the school-reform issue...
Bush is particularly practical in his approach to saving for college. For many of us, Pell Grants are a godsend. Under Bush's plan, the maximum grant would increase from $3,300 to $5,100. Bush's policymakers say that this $5 billion jolt to the funding would make it possible for 800,000 more students each year to enter college. Gore simply imposes another layer of bureaucracy, with a proposed "National Tuition Savings Program" so that the federal government can tell parents to invest their money in special trusts to pay for tuition. This added layer of government influence...
...BrassRing Diversity's online competitors, experience.com, takes a different approach...
...People will approach me on the street and say, 'I hate the media! But I like you,'" he said...
...approach of Halloween, we asked the author of the Harry Potter books what she thinks children should know about good and evil, magic and mayhem. Why did her series take a dark turn in this year's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Scholastic), for example? Rowling plans to spend Halloween at home in Scotland with her daughter Jessica, 7, who wants to dress as the broomstick-riding hero. Says the author: "Halloween, you'd not be surprised to know, is my favorite holiday." Her comments...