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...years ago, Public School 190 in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City found itself in a quandary. "The school was small, the parent body was ambitious, and we didn't have any money," recalls Debrah Pearson Feinn, whose daughter Lily was a second-grader at the time. The arts budget had been cut, and in this neighborhood, thick with artists, a school without art was hardly a school at all. Brainstorming at a back-to-school party, parents came up with the solution: since the area was gaining a reputation not only as an artists' colony but also...
...course... "Hold schools accountable for results." The spot closes with Bush at the convention pledging to "renew the promise of America's public schools" - and you can't help noticing that, in fact, Bush behind a podium, grinning, pushing those words out, seems himself like a proud fourth grader giving a report on a simple children's book he read himself...
...year-olds and seven-year-olds than ever before. (Boys, as far as anyone can tell, are still growing up at their usual, slower pace.) Nobody can explain this speedup. Some even question whether it's real or anything abnormal. But if you suspect your first- or second-grader is blossoming too early, some basic information may help you sort through the confusion...
...first time her father ran for President, in 1988, fourth-grader Kristin Gore methodically listed the pros and cons on a legal pad. She wrote in the second column: "You'll have Social Security following you around all the time...
...everybody goes to Europe for three months," says Marilyn Stenvall, a former principal and advocate of year-round schooling. "Even though that doesn't happen, we find it difficult to change our own lives and schedules." Parents could take a few pointers from DeAndre Womack, a St. Louis sixth-grader. The shrinking summer suits him just fine. "My friends teased me about it in the beginning," he says. "But it's normal for me now." And perhaps soon enough for everyone...