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...should’ve been a pretty close game, 8-8 going into the late innings, [but] next thing you know it’s 12-6,” Walsh said...
After two blowouts to start Harvard’s road trip, the Crimson kept its first of two games against UNC Greensboro close, but still lost on a 10th inning RBI single for its third loss in as many games...
Gardner-Webb pitcher Michael Hanzlik threw a one-hitter, and after the Crimson gave up four runs in the first two innings, the game was never close in Harvard’s first loss of the week...
...Unfortunately,” Roberts said, “after we got ahead 6-3, we didn’t have what it took to close the door in the sixth inning. They loaded the bases, and we changed pitchers. They were really gunning for us. They came back and scored four runs...
...plan also needs to be more explicit about what should happen to persistently failing schools. While the $4 billion federal Race to the Top competition, which began in 2009, gives states incentives to close schools after all other strategies to improve achievement have failed, Obama's new proposal is more ambiguous. It will permit states to shy away from making these tough choices - even though replacing failing schools can transform entire districts. In New York City, we've phased out more than 90 schools during the past seven years; these decisions haven't been politically popular, but the schools that...