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June 4, 2004 News Column by Michael King
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"...factors relating to teenage pregnancy; 38th in high school dropout rate; 39th in funding per pupil in higher education;..."
May 14, 2004 Column
Texas Needs an Income Tax
"...factors relating to teenage pregnancy; 38th in high school dropout rate; 39th in funding per pupil in higher education;..."
May 11, 2004 Postmarks
Two Schools of Thought
The upcoming ACC and AISD elections share a ballot but address different challenges
"...than memorization; they also say teacher turnover and the dropout rate go up under this system. (Despite improvement in..."
April 30, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
AISD Candidates
Profiles of the contestants
"...students Spanish, and a scholarship program that combats the dropout rate by paying the first year of college for..."
April 30, 2004 News Feature
Day Trips
Rosenwald Schools were a source of education and pride for African-American communities during segregation
"...Washington's Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. As a high school dropout and industrialist, Rosenwald knew the value of a good..."
Feb. 20, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Naked City
The district has more to do, the board says, but the superintendent gets a good appraisal
"...citing among other things improved student test performance, lower dropout and high school completion rates, better college preparation, a..."
Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Michael King
In Print
Sure, Peter Biskind had his targets. But did he hit them?
"...when Biskind resorts to psychologizing his subject: "A college dropout, [Redford] suffered from the intellectual anxieties of the undereducated..."
Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones
No Dominion
A partial roll call of people who died in 2003.
"...die: country stalwart Don Gibson was an elementary school dropout. Think about that for a moment, and ponder what..."
Dec. 26, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Is Badgley Just Bitter?
"...wasn't personal. Maybe he was bitter that a college dropout, and a woman at that, has a successful Web..."
Dec. 1, 2003 Postmarks
Leave No Child Behind
In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.
"...Texas. The other, linked to test scores, is the dropout rate -- one of the highest in the nation...."
Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose
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"...performer, which is why blacks have such a high dropout rate. I can personally attest that it sucks being..."
July 11, 2003 Column
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"...is my second address here. I'm a high school dropout working at a regular hourly job. There are working-class..."
June 27, 2003 Column
May 3 a Turning Point for ACC
The ACC community comes together to support the May 3 financial propositions
"...on child care for her two children. A high-school dropout, Martínez felt trapped until a friend told her about..."
April 18, 2003 News Feature by Michael May
Who Can Vouch for the Charters?
The state's freewheeling experiment with charter schools gets a poor grade.
"...could in principle also be a national model for dropout prevention...."
April 4, 2003 News Feature by Michael May
Who's That Girl?
The Bookslut -- aka Jessa Crispin -- is getting people excited.
"...Jessa Crispin is 24 years old and a college dropout. She works by day as a Planned Parenthood fundraiser...."
Jan. 24, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley
Our Dinner With Tony
Wes Marshall and Mick Vann do dinner with a worldly renegade chef.
"...and career. Here's a guy that was a college dropout, a CIA culinary grad, a guy that led the..."
Dec. 27, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall
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Charter Schools Flunk Out
"...got the agency's lowest performance ratings (based on attendance, dropout rates, and test scores) for three consecutive years. State..."
Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Michael King
Oppel's Memory Hole
Statesman editor Rich Oppel blasts Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, but may not have checked his facts.
"...as important to Central Texas -- DNA testing, school dropout prevention, scholarships, water quality, elder abuse, and the high-tech..."
Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Michael King
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"...and truancy laws have been used in the past. Dropout rates stay the same. A new ethics law has..."
Oct. 4, 2002 Column
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"...and truancy laws have been used in the past. Dropout rates stay the same. A new ethics law has..."
Sept. 27, 2002 Column
HAIR
Director Dave Steakley has assembled knockout performers for the Zachary Scott Theatre Center revival of HAIR, and he synthesizes their individual energies into an electrifying whole, but his valiant efforts to make the show's scope inclusive of our modern world fall short.
"...Charles Hagerty hits a bull's-eye as Claude, the mixed-up dropout torn between the draw of hippie life and his..."
Aug. 9, 2002 Arts Review by M.B. Rice
After a Fashion
Our Style Avatar get Grease-y and posh all in the same week!
"...as an Elvis-ized Frankie Avalon in the "Beauty School Dropout" routine, and Michael Friedman and David Lee Richardson III..."
Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Naked City
Barrientos implores Forgione and AISD not to drop its successful dropout prevention program.
"...budget cuts publicly contemplated is eliminating the district's successful dropout prevention program, an estimated savings of $1 million. (Slashing..."
July 5, 2002 News Feature by Michael King
Naked City
"...AISD Board of Trustees has discussed cutting its successful dropout-prevention program as a way to balance the budget for..."
June 28, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Peter vs. Paul at AISD
"...the board last week: $1 million slashed from the dropout prevention program, about $1.6 million in reduced library book..."
June 21, 2002 News Feature by Michael King
Naked City
"...at Reagan High School Cafeteria. It's aimed at student dropouts or those considering dropping out, and introduces them and..."
June 21, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
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"...is far less expensive for our community than a dropout...."
May 10, 2002 Column
Greener Pastures
Youth, Joy, and Jean Arthur
"...A high school dropout, she was a successful Manhattan model bound for Hollywood..."
May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Articulations
Seven Austin arts organizations receive outreach grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, playwright C. Denby Swanson receives a McKnight Advancement Grant, and Peter Pan receives his own Amy's Ice Cream flavor.
"...which received $8,000 to support Summer Talk Theater, a dropout retention program in which high school youth participate in..."
