Joining Forces: When schools and businesses form partnerships, the experience can be enriching for everyone. Six years ago, Public School 190 in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City found itself in a quandary. "The school was small, the parent body was ambitious, and we didn't have any money," recalls Debrah Pearson Feinn.
• Time Magazine: September 4, 2000

School-at-Work Programs. Unlike most other working parents, Esmeralda Mangalino-Pasa doesn't worry about the logistics of getting her second-grade daughter to and from school. She just brings Kassandra Pasa, 7, to work with her at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach...
• Time Magazine: September 4, 2000

THE NEW PHILANTHROPY: Sally And Jim Barksdale. When former netscape CEO Jim Barksdale and his wife Sally visited Lee Elementary School in Jackson, Miss., swarms of children reached out to high-five them, introduce themselves and show their latest drawings.
• Time Magazine: July 4, 2000

Senate debate on education bill stalls. President Bill Clinton began a four-state road trip Wednesday to stress his commitment to education reform and call attention to pending administration priorities as Congress wrangles over how to spend billions in federal school aid.
• CNN: May 3, 2000

A Pride of Literary Lions: How to get kids reading--and roaring with laughter. PBS's Between the Lions warns viewers that it contains "extreme silliness that may not be appropriate for adult audiences." That's a little white lie on the part of this imaginative literacy series for kids ages 4 to 7.
• Time Magazine: April 17, 2000

Bush takes a page from Clinton-Gore playbook. So W., after spending months touting his credentials to the GOP faithful, took a major step toward rebuilding his "compassionate" cred with potential crossover voters Tuesday by unleashing a $5 billion proposal to combat illiteracy.
• CNN: March 29, 2000

Clinton, GOP Bemoan Low U.S. Test Scores. Both President Clinton and the GOP used their weekly radio air time Saturday to lament test results showing that American students lag behind those of other industrialized nations in math and science.
• CNN: February 28, 1998