Jobless rate eases in June amid Fed rate shift
The Labor Department reports payrolls rose by 215,000 in June while unemployment eased by 0.1 point to 6.7 percent, with analysts citing an extra survey week and warm weather boosting hiring. Banks trimmed prime lending rates following the Fed move to 5.75 percent.
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Thagard Returns to Earth After Space Linkup Mission
NASA astronaut Norman Thagard and two Russian cosmonauts landed aboard the shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center ending a 115 day voyage that began with a ride to Mir. President Clinton praised the docking mission and the two nations’ cooperation as researchers plan postflight medical tests.
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Boys cluster at top bottom of test scale
Washington AP boys dominate both ends of academic testing 30 years of results from Science show boys lead 7 to 1 at highest math and science levels while girls lead lower ranks in reading and writing. Larry Hedges University of Chicago co author notes averages similar and progress stalled. Michael Timpane Carnegie Foundation remarks follow.
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Gender gaps in ability tests show boys lag in top ranks
The study reports that boys outnumber girls at the bottom of the scale by a 2 to 1 ratio and fewer boys reach the top 5 to 10 percent. In math and science, boys lead the top 10 percent by about 3 to 1 and the top 1 percent by 7 to 1. In some science tests no girls reach the top 1 to 3 percent. Writing shows large advantages for girls, with the study concluding that males are at a profound disadvantage in this basic skill.
Princeton Study Signals Powerful Yet Not Dramatic Findings
A Princeton University study described as a powerful analysis notes results that are not entirely different from earlier, smaller studies. The comments suggest the work reinforces prior conclusions while showing only modest differences in key measures.
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Indian couple keeps twins as I C W A challenge rises
California appellate court weighs constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act as it applies to the Rost case involving 20 month old twins Bridget and Lucy and their Pomo lineage. The biological parents argue the act grants tribal custody rights based on Indian blood.
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