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...tough job awaits Duncan as he transitions to Washington from Chicago, where he served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools since 2001. During his tenure, CPS targeted perennial problems with student and family involvement by sponsoring initiatives with names like “Real Men Read” and “Don’t Drop Out.” Significant reform initiatives helped boost ACT scores, doubled the number of CPS students taking Advanced Placement exams, and opened over thirty new schools. In Washington, Duncan will have to take on education reform...
...care to the environment. From the moment that Sunstein entered the Middlesex School, a preparatory school in Concord, Mass., in eighth grade, he seemed destined to excel in all aspects of student life. By his senior year, he was co-editor of the student newspaper, The Anvil, editor-in-chief of the yearbook, and a national-caliber squash player, having learned to play while at the school.Middlesex classmate Robert E. Harvey recalls that Sunstein “was working so much that he wasn’t hanging out with an awful lot of people all the time...
...medical affiliates. For years, they have criticized the federal government for inadequately funding scientific research. According to Harvard statements on the issue, the NIH is currently able to fund less than two out of every ten grant applications, and thousands of approved projects lie dormant, awaiting funding. Harvard chief lobbyist Kevin Casey said both the Senate and the House had done “an exemplary job” of writing legislation that creates jobs and transforms the economy by emphasizing innovation and education. He noted that the NIH funding would provide short-term boosts to the economy since...
...wouldn’t automatically be inferior. As self-congratulating as it may seem, this is, after all, Harvard—many of our kids have already distinguished themselves in some field or skill set, often to the point of international recognition. On campus, too, presidents and editors-in-chief of student groups do not face legitimacy problems. They acquire their expertise with only a few years’ experience, yet they are often highly successful and respected...
...with more than 4,000 devotees, not only Twittered Obama's closed-door meeting last week with Senate Democrats but posted 17 Tweets from the select and secretive bipartisan Alfalfa Club dinner chaired by Missouri Senator Kit Bond and attended by Governor Sarah Palin, President Obama and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, among others. First McCaskill referenced a James Bond joke...