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...should all be deeply concerned about those who might fail to graduate from high school due to the enforcement of stakes for performance on statewide assessments. We have an ongoing obligation to these students, a promise to stick with them and give them whatever they need in order to attain proficiency. No one is guaranteed to graduate in four years, but they should be guaranteed the opportunity to attain mastery, no matter how long it takes. In the end, helping students to mastery is infinitely preferable to passing them on unqualified to certain failure because in our misguided sympathy...
...order to attain our goals, we need to be practical, we need a strong and growing economy,” Connaughton said...
...legal issues in the case, at the core of many of the justices’ later questions—involved whether the state of Michigan has a “compelling interest” to consider race in admissions in order to attain diversity...
...cared to make a simple repair to an irrigation lever; hundreds of buildings begun and abandoned, leaving all the necessary materials to rot; people living in ruined brick hovels despite the nearby presence of hundreds of bricks. The people of Southern Iraq may not be able to attain Western standards of prosperity, but they have the immediate resources to make dramatic improvements to their current situation if they were inspired...
...registration there remains an important principle and a significant problem (Staff Editorial, “Kirby Chooses His Course,” March 14). The principle, to which hopefully we all subscribe, is that the quality of the educational experience at Harvard should be the finest that we can attain, for both undergraduate and graduate students alike. The problem, which hopefully we can all acknowledge, is that putting off the definitive staffing of courses until after the term has already started is inconsistent with that goal. Quality instruction requires preparation, often preparation that is very specific to the syllabus...