“You can’t just go out there and know that you’re fast, your car is fast, and your car is reliable. There’s a lot of thinking going on," said pro driver Shea Holbrook.
Immigrant parents "are driven by the expectations of their own parents and the fact that their parents have worked so hard to give them good lives,” says Victoria Xiao, 16.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard said that the city, United Way of Central Indiana and a local foundation will launch a major educational reform program early in 2009.
The program, which will be piloted in two schools at first, will track...