Armed with their research, the group now calling itself Project Paradigm, a reference to the change the students hoped to effect at their school flew to New York. While Austin school district records show that about 6 percent of students attend college out of state, at Akins the number was significantly smaller. The trip was an experiment at Akins, a young high school where more than half the student body is considered economically disadvantaged. Moody chose to take students to the...

The fall of Wolfowitz is already entering the annals as a morality fable for the Bush administration in which the arrogant, narcissistic former Pentagon official and a handful of his cronies were foisted on an unwilling international institution until it finally found a way to spit them out. The fall of Wolfowitz is already entering the annals as a morality fable for the Bush administration in which the arrogant, narcissistic former Pentagon official and a handful of his cronies were...

Officials at three foreign-owned import companies operating in Havana, who refused to have their names published for fear of economic repercussions, said the communist government itself still imports the vast majority of American goods. assistant secretary of commerce for export administration, said from Washington that Cuba even sends delegations on "buying missions," hunting for specific American products in third countries for resale back home. brands sold in Cuba as "probably $20...

But when he sees a failing government he prefers to work with it to improve it - not to rush in and overthrow it. And just how he heals the domestic political wounds caused by Iraq while helping to protect that country from even more bloodshed is one of the great challenges facing Brown. There could hardly be a more concise explanation of the distinction between Brown and Blair when it comes to their approach to matters beyond Britain's shores - and particularly in their assessment of how...

Some of the key areas for consideration were a set of principles that the association hopes to draft to define liberal education, and data that suggest some notable gaps between student perceptions of the quality of their general education and their actual knowledge base. Some of the key areas for consideration were a set of principles that the association hopes to draft to define liberal education, and data that suggest some notable gaps between student perceptions of the quality of their...