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While helping my daughter Laura study for finals, two news stories commanded our attention: The grade-changing controversy in Albuquerque and a story about 100 Amarillo students not graduating because they failed TAKS test. The TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) is similar to the New Mexico High School Competency exam. Students must pass all portions of these tests and complete all required credits to graduate. Albuquerque schools are under fire because an administrator changed a student’s grade from an ...
The graduates are on their way. The diplomas have been handed out, now it’s on to the next stage. For some it’s more schooling, for others it’s a job; some waited for that diploma to get married, others will be going into the military and some will go into the family business. This is a story for those who haven’t finished yet. Maybe you’re thinking it’s tough to push on. You might be thinking of dropping out of school, whether it’s high school or college. You may have already quit. I’ll tell you the story of my youngest dau...
T he U.S. Supreme Court in a 7-2 ruling Monday rejected an antitrust class-action lawsuit brought against Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) and four other phone companies. Basically, the high court decided that before an antitrust case can be brought, there must at least be some evidence beyond what antitrust scholars call “parallel behavior” of some sort of collusion or conspiracy to fix prices or occupy markets. This is a healthy development. The case arose as a result of 1996 changes in telecommunications law under which loc...
When I was a little girl, Memorial Day around my grandparents’ community in Arkansas was known as “Decoration Day.” On Saturday, families would meet and tidy up the church cemetery. They would cut overgrown grass and trim around the headstones. Then they always finished by placing fresh flowers on the graves. On this Memorial Day, I cannot help but contemplate the sacrifice of those in my family. I have heard about Charlie’s grandfather as a 21-year-old marching across France...
