Word: regularness
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...slender boy with large brown eyes, who has been diagnosed with depression and attention-deficit disorder, should be under regular care by a doctor. The Haros family income, which rests on the mother's $5.35-an-hour job at a local candy plant, is low enough to qualify him for Medicaid. But for reasons all too common in Bush's state, Ray receives nothing from the federal and state insurer of the poor. Like 734,000 other uninsured Texas youngsters who live in poverty, he relies on the uncertain charity of free clinics and social workers who scrounge for medicine...
...schools and students succeed. That's why we at TIME have expanded our coverage with a new Education Special Report that will appear early in each month of the school year--a commitment of 54 extra news pages. At the same time, we'll keep bringing you our regular weekly coverage of education, including news and enterprising features. But our new special section allows us the time and space to probe deeper. We want to look at ideas that work, classroom heroes who are making a difference and assumptions that need to be explored. And we've given that assignment...
...Carlos Hicks asked the local office of Kelly Services to help--and now the employment agency's temps are teaching in 23 states. Kelly screens potential teachers, trains them and provides benefits. Its subs get a premium rate, but administrators say they're worth it. One drawback: now that regular teachers know qualified substitutes can be easily found, absenteeism has increased slightly...
...reveal their identity--the firm still had trouble getting full funding. According to the Wall Street Journal, the greatest infusion of cash came from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation in the form of a $10 million, advantageously arranged loan. "They were not able to raise the money through regular channels," says Sarah Clark, head of the foundation's population program. "It didn't surprise me. It makes...
There's fun to be had outside the grounds too. Local attractions include antiques shops, wineries, a replica of the Hubble Space Telescope and a regular round of arts festivals. If that's not enough, Branson, Mo., just an hour away, bills itself as the "live-entertainment capital of the world." Then again, the peace and quiet of the Dickey House may be a welcome respite www.dickeyhouse.com...