Businesses Lend a Helping Hand to Budget-Strapped US Schools Firms like Burger King Contribute Funds, Even Strategic Planning Series: WORLD MEDIA EDUCATION. Part 3. in the Last of 3 Special Reports, Writers for the World Media Newspaper Network Peer into the Future of Education, Especially the Effects of Computers, and They Contrast the Ways in Which Two World Leaders - the US and Japan - Have Structured Their Systems of Learning. the Preceding Parts Appeared Sept. 8 and Sept. 15 (World Edition, Sept. 10-16 and Sept. 17-23). Second of 5 Articles Appearing Today

Ron Scherer. Ron Scherer is a writer of The Christian Science Monitor., The Christian Science Monitor

MIRIAM MUNIZ used to cut classes. Kimberly Stoeckle and Adlai Allen just didn't go to school.

But last November the three teenagers started to get more personalized counseling and extra tutoring. Their parents made certain they didn't just sit around the house watching television. Now, Miriam is working on her resume and dreams of becoming an interpreter at the United Nations; Kimberly is hoping to become a beautician; and Adlai, who wants to become a professional athlete, is attending classes.

What's making the difference for these teens? Corporate involvement.

Last November, Burger King Corporation contributed $65,000 to set up a "Burger King Academy" at …

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Publication information: Article title: Businesses Lend a Helping Hand to Budget-Strapped US Schools Firms like Burger King Contribute Funds, Even Strategic Planning Series: WORLD MEDIA EDUCATION. Part 3. in the Last of 3 Special Reports, Writers for the World Media Newspaper Network Peer into the Future of Education, Especially the Effects of Computers, and They Contrast the Ways in Which Two World Leaders - the US and Japan - Have Structured Their Systems of Learning. the Preceding Parts Appeared Sept. 8 and Sept. 15 (World Edition, Sept. 10-16 and Sept. 17-23). Second of 5 Articles Appearing Today. Contributors: Ron Scherer. Ron Scherer is a writer of The Christian Science Monitor. - Author. Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor. Publication date: September 22, 1993. Page number: 10. © 2009 The Christian Science Publishing Society. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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