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...Policy and Governance (PEPG) at the Kennedy School’s Taubman Center for State and Local Government is hosting a conference, “What Next for School Vouchers?” The two-day symposium brings an impressive cadre of educational, legal, and public policy experts to assess the future of school choice reforms in the wake of Zelman v. Simmons-Harris—the June U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed the constitutionality of vouchers in Cleveland schools. The conference is helping to clarify the debate about school vouchers. But more importantly, it shows the vitality...
...This sort of ties in to a national trend and wave of trying to figure out how to assess very bright people and do so in a way that encourages them rather than discourages them,” said David Nichols, vice dean for education at Hopkins...
Nichols said the letter grading system had become complicated for outsiders to understand, requiring the change to a more streamlined approach to assess students’ performance...
Business Week conducted polls of graduates and corporate recruiters in order to assess the schools. The magazine reported that Harvard graduates complained of an aloof, seemingly undedicated administration and poor career placement services—HBS finished 14th in graduate satisfaction...
...says André Laboul, head of the Financial Affairs Division at the Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. Nations whose insurers have the biggest exposure to the stock market have acted fastest. In Britain, the Financial Services Authority asked the 20 largest life insurers to assess their liabilities on a "realistic basis" - a tough standard that takes into account such uncertainties as discretionary future benefits and fluctuating options values. The exercise was so complex that not all 20 companies were able to conduct it fully, according to Howard Davies, the FSA's chairman. The agency nonetheless concluded that...