... and Basketball Release Date-April 21, 2000 Studio- 40 Acres and a Mule Director- Gina Prince Writer- Gina Prince Producer- Spike Lee CAST- Sanaa Lathan- Monica Wright Omar Epps- Quincy McCall Dennis Haysbert- Zeke McCall Alfre Woodward- Camille Wright The film is both a story of two aspiring athletes trying to negotiate passion for sport with other necessary pieces of real life and ... and boy-meets-girl clichés. And as Monica, Sanaa Lathan is just plain wonderful, her facial expressions revealing just the right amount of uncertainty beneath the tough, driven exterior. Dennis Haysbert,...

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... in residential segregation today. In Los Angeles alone there is extreme racial segregation concentrated in various neighborhoods. Even with desegregation efforts since the 60's, schools are still failing black students. Dennis Condron states school factors play an important role in generating the black/white achievement gap, while non-school factors primarily drive social class inequalities. He also found that the black ... ...

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... prohibiting the wearing of clothing associated with local gangs" (Sauerwein 1). Opponents of the policy believe that other factors have to do with the lowering of crime within the school system. Dennis Evans believes that "Where gang members are concerned, the wearing of school uniforms will be cosmetic at best and will not change the gang mentality or reduce the potential of ... ...

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... behind. I was informed of another negative side to testing when I looked at the website, "AlterNet.org," which had an interesting article called, "Back to School: Corporate Standardized Testing," written by Dennis Fox. AlterNet is a no-profit organization led by Don Hazen and Leda Dedrich. Hazen, the executive director, has an MA in counseling and a BA in politics from Princeton University. Dederich ... ...

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... the time a child would otherwise spend on reading practice, that child is delayed in acquiring reading skills. This remains a problem as the child gets older and attends more difficult schooling. Dennis Karpowitz states "many recent studies indicate that excessive television viewing may have a detrimental effect on learning and school performance. The hours spent viewing television interferes with homework and limits the ... ...

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Twenty-two million children in the United States go home to one parent; of those, 83% are moms. The most important person to me has to be my mother, Darlene Dennis. She has been there for me through thick and thin. She has helped me with my problems with school, my legal problems, and most recently, my relationship problems. Since I could ... ...

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... eliminate the presence of gang colors and insignias in schools (manual 1). The elimination of colors and insignias alone will not prevent gang members from being gang members for 7 hours a day. Dennis Evans, with the Department of Education at the University of California in Irvine believes that uniforms will not aid in changing gang members "mentality- nor have any affect on gang ... ...

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• Has Bibliography
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