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Toward a more perfect school

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Teachers and principals are encouraging all students, not just the bright one, to take on tougher courses as researchers have found that students who struggle with advanced work gain from the exposure to it. Some of the schools setting high expectations for their students are Wakefield High, Montgomery County and Gaithersburg High.

Author: Clark, Charles S., Natale, Jo Anna
Publisher: Washington Magazine Inc.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 2004
Education, Higher, Higher education, Motivation in education, Student motivation

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The Deep South: Sighting the blues

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Wim Wenders meanders the Deep South, birthplace of the blues. While filming The Soul of a Man, about blues musicians in the 1920s and '30s, the director sees the music's echo in the southern landscape of the United States.

Author: Wenders, Wim
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Conde Nast Traveler
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0893-9683
Year: 2003
East South Central States, West South Central States, History, Travel, Southern United States, Blues (Music), Wenders, Wim

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Hollywood does DC

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The film 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' directed by Frank Capra exaggerated Washington's horror during the screening. However, Capra was only distorting to make the film more truthful.

Author: Carson, Tom
Publisher: Washington Magazine Inc.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 2003
Criticism and interpretation, Capra, Frank, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Motion picture)

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Subjects list: United States, Works, Filmmakers, Movie directors
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