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...Trying something new The new DARE curriculum, designed with these criticisms in mind, is less preachy, more experiential. It applies to a broader age-range than the old program, reaching kids not only in fifth grade but in seventh and ninth grades as well. It hinges on discussion groups rather than lectures. And it pointedly does not say "drug abuse is everywhere" - a new angle that researchers hope will make kids realize that maybe everyone doesn?t use drugs after all - so maybe they don?t need to either...
...trial injunction requiring Napster to shut down--issued last July by the District Court of Northern California and then stayed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in August--was effectively sent back to the district court yesterday for modification...
...Court's decisive and unanimous ruling today is a victory for all creators. The Ninth Circuit Court affirmed our legal position on every point," Rosen said...
...Crimson's bottom third turned in clutch performances, as senior Katie Gregory and freshmen Ashley Harmeling and Kirstin Wadwha swept the seventh through ninth spots for Harvard. Each woman won in convincing fashion, 3-0. Harmeling was brutally efficient in her defeat of Quaker freshman Quincy Riley, giving up only three points in winning...
...statewide tests have been boosted by an abysmal dropout rate, as underperforming students, under constant pressure, simply give up. A report published last month by Johns Hopkins University ranked Houston 28th in school completion out of the nation's 35 largest school systems, with less than half of ninth-graders at most of the district's high schools sticking it out through graduation. Says Guadelupe San Miguel, a parent with three children in the district and an expert on Hispanic education: "The high-stakes testing Paige has built his reputation on has come at a significant cost to the community...