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Daniel R. Pecci ’09 is interested in what we think of as theater—and how he can expand the definition. The active member of Harvard theater began his creative exploration as a child, when he would orchestrate what he calls “haunted hayrides.” “We would create enormous spider webs, pyramids and pick-up trucks filled with hay,” he says. His play “Black-eyed Susanna,” written in his senior year of high school, won the Phyllis Anderson Prize...
...Ferguson said. “Our goal should be excellence with equity, but we don’t want to trade excellence for equity. Recent evidence suggests that we’ve made some progress on this long-term journey.” With the reauthorization of the No Child Left Act of 2001—which aimed to close the racial achievement gap—expected later this year, the Obama administration may see an opportunity to alter the way national education policy addresses the achievement gap issue. Ferguson said there is widespread support for transitioning to a model...
...persistent and consistent record of misunderstanding and prejudice is an understatement.Beyond the familiar story of educational inequality in the United States, however, lies an additional, suppressed narrative. Although the media have paid much attention to the problems inherent to American public education since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, the public eye has been largely turned on the difficulties and injustices plaguing the country’s underfunded urban school districts. Rural public education, however, poses its own unique set of challenges—and, at the risk of sounding trite, opportunities. In just over...
...respected doctor. I had to have a second operation 25 years later to correct this doctor's incomplete work. At the time, I researched the rationale for the procedure. Other than the rare medical need, I found no rational reason to inflict unnecessary pain on one's child. To circumcise is to allow antiquated cultural mores and parental expectations to dictate one's life. David A. Dorwart, MANSFIELD, CONN...
Having your child circumcised is a personal decision only if you are doing it for aesthetic reasons. When it is done for religious reasons, it is a decision based on faith. Joel, listen to your wife. Sue Scott, SPRINGFIELD, MASS...