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...Educating Afghan Girls Having helped build or repair 27 schools in north-central Afghanistan over the past six years, I can verify that education is a building block to eliminating poverty, oppression and extremism [Feb. 4]. I have seen remarkable social, political and economic changes among the more than 20,000 children we represent, particularly the girls. They are marrying later and having fewer children. Families are healthier, and mortality rates have decreased. Children are learning much needed life skills. More important, there is now hope. Despite staggering odds, kids are thinking about the future. There is new respect...
...element of TAP that gets the most praise from teachers is its rigorous approach to helping them build and refine their skills and learn from one another. To do this, TAP teachers meet in small groups led by a master teacher for one to two hours a week, generally during the school day. That degree of supervision can be a tough sell to veteran teachers. "I hated it tooth and nail," says Cathy Dailey, who has been teaching science at Bell Street Middle School in Clinton, S.C., for 21 years. "All of a sudden I had to articulate my goals...
...Civil liberty groups are also skeptical about whether the plans will work. "What is the point of this? To build this massive haystack of information is not helpful, and does not make sense," says Tony Bunyan, head of London-based Statewatch. "The E.U. is actually ahead of the U.S. in creating a surveillance society. This proposal means that within ten years, all the population in Europe will be fingerprinted...
...sophomore Fred Rowsey had been huge in helping the team cope with early setbacks.“Obviously, the upcoming matches in the Ivy League—Brown, Columbia, Cornell—are big,” Knapp said. “We’re just hoping to build some momentum heading into the conference tournament.”HARVARD 37, SACRED HEART 9Starting with a 6-0 advantage due to forfeit at 125 lbs, the Crimson jumped out to a 12-0 lead after junior Thomas Picarsic (133 lbs) earned a victory by disqualification over the Pioneers?...
...million grant issued by the Northeast Asian History Foundation will focus on Korean ancient history to provide suggestions for the future direction of the country’s interactions with its neighbors. “A strong, viable relationship is not founded on the liquidation of history, but by building viable trust,” said Yongdeok Kim, president of the Seoul-based foundation, which will dispense the grant over the five years to the Early Korea Project. The grant will fund a series of workshops and publications, including an academic journal presenting Korean scholarship in English. The Early Korea...