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1. Big Cuts for Magnet Schools in Dallas Stir Conflict Over Spending on Education.

Author

Smith, Morgan

Subjects
*HIGH schools, *SECONDARY education
Abstract

DALLAS -- On a muggy afternoon in mid-April, Mary Ruiz, an animated 18-year-old, bounced through the air-conditioned corridors of her South Dallas high school. ''Excuse the mess,'' she said, brushing away a small scrap of paper in an otherwise spotless stairwell, giggling as she added, ''I'm acting like this is my house.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2011

2. Half the Game Is Mental; So Is the Other Half.

Author

Branch, John

Subjects
*SECONDARY education, *PUBLIC schools, *HIGH schools, *STUDENTS, *SCHOOLS, *TEACHERS
Abstract

HERSHEY, Pa. -- There is a narrow little room inside the sprawling brick tangle of Hershey High School, not far from the dual smokestacks of the famous chocolate company. The door is not numbered and the walls have no windows. A teacher named Colette Silvestri spends Thursday afternoons inside, leading her team in practice. She times a group of students staring hard at pieces of paper, or sometimes at a deck of cards or pictures of people they do not know. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011