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...vote on CRLS created a system--for a year--that randomly placed incoming ninth-graders into the high school's five "small school" learning communities. In the past, parents were able to select a "small school" (each with distinct teaching styles) for their children...
Kolarik scored his ninth of the season 2:20 later on an empty net goal assisted by junior defenseman Peter Capouch and D. Moore...
Rachel Martin's present for her ninth birthday came wrapped in silver spandex. The 5-ft.7-in. gift walked in on a red carpet, stripped off her floor-length black coat to reveal silver hip huggers and a matching tube top and sang, "I think I did it again/I made you believe..." And for a few wondrous moments, Rachel and her 10 girlfriends did believe that Britney Spears was in the house, lip-synching in front of the marble fireplace and rocking chair in Rachel's North Salem, N.Y., living room. On this recent Saturday, Shannon Connor, 21, an impersonator...
...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...
...believe we will clearly define those schools," she says. "After ninth grade, houses are going to be very different...