Saturday, November 17, 2007

Lady Vols try free tuition to draw fansMSNBC

Lady Vols try free tuition to draw fans
MSNBC - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Even Tennessee, the NCAA's top draw in women's basketball, knows it takes more than seven national titles to put fans in the stands, especially students. "One of the things we have always heard from students is that they have
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Gibbs Shoulders the Weight Of the Critical Masses
Washington Post - Consider how many things have to be done right, and free background checks on people done well; how many good habits cultivated and free background checks on people bad habits erased; how much organization-wide discipline it requires to produce mistake-free football under pressure. And even then, it still can be a
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Free our schools from a fatally flawed system
Guardian Unlimited - How far would you go to secure a good school place for your child? A recent survey suggested that most parents are prepared to move house to get the catchment area of a good school. Many of those are prepared to pay far higher house prices to do so
Source: politics.guardian.co.uk
Schools get funds to help racial balance
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Because the district had already come up with a funding plan for the new schools, which were dependent on state desegregation dollars, the federal money will free up funds for new initiatives aimed at improving the racial balance of the district's
Source: www.startribune.com