About 10 to 30 percent of the schools in such a competitive marketplace were losing, and the question of what to do with them becomes paramount. Among them is the increased polarization of the state school system, with ethnic minorities, poor children, and students with low language skills and learning disabilities increasingly concentrated in the most troubled schools. Aiming to prevent violent conflict is not the same as doing it. The United Nations, United States and NATO have gotten entangled in multiple tragedies, often after long hesitation over whether or when to get involved. Perhaps it s not surprising that policy makers often prefer to wait.
People always prefer to pay tomorrow rather than today.
Sanford Institute Director Bruce Jentleson compared the foreign policy views of presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush during a conference at the University of Minnesota s Humphrey Institute. Blount is this year s winner of the Lars Lyon Faculty Award from Duke s Community Service Center. Students credit Blount s energy and knowledge for helping them through a new experience and making things happen. She likes being involved with us and wants us to be happy. That s very helpful.