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...champion of universal first-class elementary education chimes in. Horace Mann, architect of American public schooling, ponders the debate over private education, charter schools, and educational reform. He tells the two graduates that today’s youth must have a toolbox of knowledge if they are to build a better tomorrow. Distant in thought and dabbling on a laptop, he probably wonders why race and class discrepancies still exist in childhood learning. While Edgar informs Horace Mann about Teach for America, the waiter takes his order, pragmatism. Franklin’s eyes consider a second entr?...
...like asking about a parent’s salary or someone’s racial composition. While the topic may drift up in the first few weeks of freshman year, it is quickly squashed by the monotony of concentration, secondary, citation, and Core credits and the erratic drive to build the old resume. Yet, periodically, the idea resurfaces. Most of the time, it’s in the form of a complaint as in, “Why the hell are they cutting hot breakfast? This is Harvard,” or “Why haven?...
...information revolution has laid the foundations for a radically different conception of community, one enriched by public identities that are created expressly to be shared with those outside our circles of closest confidence. Long after leaving the hallowed halls of veritas, the class of 2009 can continue to build a historically unique communitas—a globally accessible forum in which to articulate shared ideas, issue spirited dissents, and strengthen peripheral relationships—140 characters at a time...
...shacks built on private Palestinian land - than the settlers were back with renewed zeal, along with nails and concrete to rebuild their smashed homes. As one settler, Ariyeh Davis, told the Israeli Internet news agency Ynet, "Our answer is 'expansion against expulsion.' " He added, "God willing, we'll build new places, and from 300,000 residents in Judea and Samaria, we'll become 600,000." (See TIME's photo-essay "The Vatican and the Jews...
...Israelis want Washington to permit the "natural growth" of the settlements - i.e., allow the children of existing settlers to build new homes - which U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she opposes. The Israelis also argue that while sacrifices are being asked of them, little is being demanded of the Palestinians. Abbas, who, according to aides, came away from Washington convinced of "Obama's seriousness" in pushing Israel to remove settlements, says he refuses to hold peace talks with Netanyahu until the Israeli Premier publicly backs the two-state solution, something he has been loathe...