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Albright, batting in the seventh spot, led the Crimson offensively with three RBI on the evening. Sophomore Marcus Way hit his first career home run in the ninth inning...
...captain Jeremy Lin contributed a 12-point, seven-rebound effort, but the guard was never dominant in the final game of his Harvard career and went 0-for-3 from behind the arc—attempts that all missed badly...
...possession later, Webster popped out behind the arc at the top of the key and hit his fourth three in under three minutes. Webster would finish with a career-high 24 points on a perfect 6-of-6 mark from deep...
...President correctly refocuses the goal of our nation's public schools from simply giving students a high school diploma to making sure they are ready for college or a career. In other words, he wants to make sure a high school diploma means students actually have the skills they need to compete in an increasingly global workforce. Obama would define school success by how much improvement students make from grade to grade, no matter where they started, as opposed to the current system, in which schools are judged on students' absolute performance, not their progress. Obama's model is similar...
Observers of all political stripes seem to agree that Obama's plan is ambitious but short on specifics. For starters, it's unclear how quickly states would be able to codify collective standards for college- and career-readiness - which would most likely require new exams and curricula - and already Alaska and Texas have signaled that they don't intend to cooperate in the effort. Education-reform experts have also expressed reservations ranging from the feasibility of the plan's college-and-career-ready timeline to its ability to motivate schools that fall in the middle of the pack in terms...