Word: attender
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There was little of that during Cavazos' reign. Although he stumped for "choice" -- a favored Bush approach that gives parents more say over which public school their children attend -- Cavazos never became a bully pulpiteer like his predecessor, William Bennett. Cavazos was handicapped further by Bush's desultory leadership. Since the President announced six national education goals last January, he, Congress and the nation's Governors have done little but squabble over who will assess whether the goals are being met. (Among the targets: every adult must be a skilled, literate worker and citizen; every school must be drug free...
...even questions of fairness are dwarfed by the angst that will attend the truly invasive societal changes contemplated for New Kuwait. If there is a consensus among Kuwaitis about anything, it is this: despite its vast wealth, Kuwait's society was sick, and not merely because of democratic failings or the poor treatment of expatriates. "At bottom," says Hasan al-Ebraheem, the former Education Minister, "much was rotted...
...block of South Ellis Avenue anchors one of Chicago's scarier neighborhoods. Students who attend the Alexandre Dumas Elementary School located there have had their $100 Nike sneakers stolen off their feet on the way to class in the morning. Drugs are everywhere. "It's a constant battle for the children to get here," says principal Sylvia Peters, who oversees the institution's 682 pupils and 40 teachers...
According to one of the regulars, a bearded man named Mike, the regulars form a close, family-like group, which he compares to characters who attend another Boston area pub, "Cheers...
NOTEBOOK: Delaney Smith is feeling the holiday spirit and has decided to give her team the day off tomorrow. But Harvard will travel to the University of Massachusetts Saturday night, the same night that nine out of 11 upperclassmen on the team were supposed to attend the Kirkland House dance. "We're all pretty bummed about it," Harris said. "It's always disappointing this time of the season...