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Perhaps the most significant consequence of high-stakes testing and its interference with quality education lies in the rising attrition rate. According to a Department of Education report, ten percent of the high school Class of 2003??some 6,000 students—has not passed the MCAS and will not receive diplomas, a serious matter for each student. But the ten percent failure rate applies to the Class of 2003 as it exists today, including only those students who now are in twelfth grade. If one considers the Class of 2003 as it existed in 2000?...
...Commentary, provided by prominent conducter Benjamin Zander, will be woven into the concert itself. Zander has been featured on the BBC and CBS for his outstanding contributions in the arts and international relations. Featured musicians are Oboist Peggy Pearson and Cellist Rafael Popper-Keizer. Thursday, April 24, 2003??at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $12-$51, 20% off for Harvard ID holders. Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy...
...poor result couldn’t overshadow Self’s effort on this afternoon, which—for all intents and purposes—was Senior Day, one month early. Before yesterday, no two members of Harvard’s class of 2003??all but two of them pitchers—had won an Ivy weekend start in the same season. Against Columbia, two nearly did in the same day. Southpaw Kenon Ronz got the win in Game One, validating a hard-luck class of moundsmen who’ve had their moments, but have never been...
...announcement on HUDS’ table tent (“Weekly Slice for March 10, 2003??) offered an explanation: “RED CARPET BRUNCH,” the tent proclaimed in HUDS’ signature hyperbolic prose. “Sunday, March 16. Come work the red carpet and cast your ballot for this year’s Oscars. Take a walk among the stars and enjoy a feast fit for a diva who has just captured the coveted golden statue. Catch up on some films past and present, and be sure to enter your guesses...
According to the terms of the contract, the congregation would have had until March 30, 2003??the end of this month—to raise the over $2 million sum to purchase the chapel from the seminary...