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Program Has a Dream for Low-Performing Schoolsnew

In spite of campus facelifts, mandatory uniforms and new resources, San Francisco's first three "Dream Schools" have a long way to go before they become the dazzling college-preparatory academies to which San Francisco parents will be clamoring to send their kids.
SF Weekly  |  Lessley Anderson  |  03-15-2005  |  Education

Child's Death Exposes Workings of a Moms-and-Pop Cultnew

After a 19-month-old boy was brought dead to an emergency room, investigators discovered four women in thrall to a self-styled mystic named Winnfred Wright. Wright appears to have used psychological coercion on the women, who bore him 13 children.
SF Weekly  |  Lessley Anderson  |  10-15-2004  |  Crime & Justice

God of the Flies: Arts Gadfly Tries to Map God on the Tree of Lifenew

Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats will attempt to mutate succeeding generations of his fruit flies into more God-like creatures by playing them prayers for seven days and seven nights.
SF Weekly  |  Lessley Anderson  |  08-23-2004  |  Religion

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