Word: programming
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...Michigan and California will decide whether to use public money to allow students to attend private schools. In the largest such effort to date, all of California's school-age children would eventually be eligible for the program. Michigan would require teacher testing for schools redeeming vouchers...
...Baraka School in Kenya, where troubled U.S. students are sent, is a wonderful example of how a positive teaching experience can change lives [EDUCATION, Oct. 9]. Bravo for Baraka and the success of the program! I cried when I read that the young black men come home to Baltimore, Md., determined to turn their lives around. I hope more school districts--and parents--will be willing to save their children by letting them go into other worlds, places where they can strengthen their sense of self. ERV DYER Pittsburgh...
...learning in the real world from dedicated teachers who embrace the challenge. But if middle-class students and high-achieving children who are less privileged can be tempted to leave this wonderful school, the delicate balance that makes it work may be destroyed. Rather than vouchers, why not a program that encourages affordable housing in all school districts so that everyone will have a chance to become part of a community and also attend an excellent public school? RUBY ANSTADT Burlington...
...payments. Taxpayers would also be allowed to sock away as much as $2,500 a year in new tax-advantaged accounts, similar to 401(k)s, which they could tap at any age for higher education or job training. And Gore would spend $2 billion nationalizing a program, already in place in some states, that gives parents tax breaks to save for their kids' tuition...
When Sherri Larsen casts her vote for President, she will be thinking of her first-grade son. A divorced mother of three on a pinched budget, Larsen could not afford preschool tuition. But thanks to Georgia's pioneering universal pre-K program, which guarantees each of the state's four-year-olds a year of school, she didn't pay a cent. Her son entered kindergarten fully versed in his ABCs and is now reading a year ahead of pace. Says Larsen: "I just can't believe this program isn't available in other states...