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...achieved the kind of success of which legends are made. He won a war for America. From the humblest of beginnings, he has gone on to become a figure who should be lionized in our history books (though I have a sneaking suspicion that, thirty years from now, schoolchildren will be taught that Schwartzkopf was a hero and Powell will be an historical footnote, if he's lucky...
...ready to exploit the want-see for Jurassic Park with ambitious exhibitions tied to the film in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, New Haven and other cities. Last month an educational poster on dinosaurs, produced by New York's American Museum of Natural History, was mailed free to 7 million schoolchildren, courtesy of McDonald's -- which will also be handing out Jurassic Park mugs at the local franchises...
...away by the first grade. Most experts suggest a two-year program that begins at age three, with follow-up instruction that lasts through the fourth grade. A plan worth its promise would not only mandate two years of Head Start for those most in need but also award schoolchildren in the lower grades a larger chunk of the $6 billion annually authorized under Chapter 1, the nation's primary source of federal funds for education. Those dollars are currently spread thinly in a pork-barrel scheme that reaches 90% of all congressional districts -- the price for the political support...
...wanted to have something for children," said Sandra Hudson, chair of the Salvation Army Community Advisory Board. "We hope that the skating show will be an annual event." More than 3,000 tickets for the show were sold to area businesses and in turn distributed to Cambridge and Somerville schoolchildren...
...what guardians they have--and we have a duty to make sure they at least get a decent education. While Clinton espouses bludgeoning the poorest schools until they improve and the vice president carps about a right to a private education, we're ignoring the fact that America's schoolchildren, often with nothing else to hope for, are depending on their right to a public...