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...Moriarty says those products must be tested to learn their limits--before Harvard staffers try to use them...
...highly qualified teachers willing to teach in failing schools, giving these schools a chance to start over. Bush, on the other hand, would take away federal money earmarked for poor children under Title I, and give the parents of children in failing schools a $1,500 voucher to use at a private or parochial school. The plan is not well thought through, because private schools have no accountability. They can hire anybody to teach anything they want. For this reason, shifting millions of dollars away from public schools and into private schools does nothing to promote accountability and amounts...
...said it probably would not affect Harvard students' ability to use the service. Instead, Napster users beyond Harvard will have a harder time downloading songs off of Harvard computers...
Recent data indicates the unprecedented success of pilot voucher and school choice programs across the country. According to a study released in August by Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance, test scores for low-income African-Americans given the opportunity to use vouchers for private schools showed "moderately large" gains and academic improvement. In a New York City program, low-income students showed tangible improvements after using vouchers to switch schools. Bush will also give public schools incentives to reach the required standard...
...Gore faced a polished opponent, armed with charm, looks and football stories, and a Reaganesque ease that threatened to make Gore look unlikable. So Gore started with a gambit his daughter Karenna thought of: "I'd like to start by offering you a deal, Jack. If you won't use any football stories, I won't tell any of my warm and humorous stories about chlorofluorocarbon abatement." In one stroke, Gore got in a semi-funny self-deprecating wonk joke and got Kemp off his game. Gore spends the rest of the debate picking at differences between Kemp and Dole...