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...third recipient of the Ash Institute’s awards were the Iowa Charter Agencies, a collection of six state departments that operate under charters that hold them financially accountable while exempting them from many bureaucratic restrictions...
...this point, even a complete romantic comedy sucker would have to cringe. Still, this isn’t your typical “There’s Something About Mary”-style gross-out comedy with a bit of love on the side. As charter members of the Ben Stiller posse, co-stars Wilson and Vaughn serve up enough scatological humor to go around, but a large, and better, portion of the movie is devoted to the beautiful path to finding your soul mate...
School choice and the debate over school vouchers and charter schools have become contentious political issues in recent years...
...Board of Overseers, which predates the 1650 charter of the Harvard Corporation—Harvard’s seven-member highest governing body—advises Corporation members and provides formal approval to many of their decisions...
Harvard’s Indian College was not a separate institution of learning—its students took the same classes as their white counterparts. It was founded in 1655 under then-President Charles Chauncy to fulfill a goal of Harvard’s Charter of 1650, which called for “the education of the English & Indian Youth of this Country in knowledge and godliness.” Students at the Indian College were not charged tuition and were given free lodging...