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...Schools (NLNS), now the largest organization in the U.S. for recruiting and training urban principals. The group seeks candidates from all walks of life, from executives to military officers. "The most important thing we look for," says Schnur, "is an unyielding belief that any child from any background can achieve at high levels...
...world leaders entered office with as little fanfare as Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer. When he became the interim President of Iraq in June, al-Yawer was viewed by the U.S. and Iraqi politicos who installed him as a malleable neophyte, somebody who would stay in the background while they ran the country. Having spent 20 years away from Iraq, as a student at Georgetown University and a telecommunications executive in Saudi Arabia, he was a stranger to his countrymen. Before his appointment, a poll asked Iraqis to rank 17 political figures in order of popularity. Al-Yawer came...
...realize that SAT IIs would be necessary for admission to many selective colleges. So, she established College Matters, an organization to help high school students learn exactly what they need to apply to college. Dell’s motive “goes back to [her] background from being from rural Oklahoma...
...number of students accepted early from families with no higher education background increased almost 30 percent, Fitzsimmons said. Smaller gains were also seen in numbers of accepted students with only one college-educated parent...
...play was completely delivered in dialogue and that no changes were made to the stage set up throughout the night, there wasn’t a lull in the crowd’s attention, and no one left the two hour production looking unenthused. Consistent laughter was the background music to this production, and many times, actors would have to hold off on delivering their lines until the crowd’s ebullience subsided. A lack of high-tech graphics, set changes, or any of the usual over the top features of modern entertainment were hardly missed. The show simply...