Word: colorado
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...summer after her second year of teaching, Rhee met Kevin Huffman, a fellow Teach for America member. They married two years later and had two daughters, Starr and Olivia, now 9 and 6. They moved to Colorado to be closer to Rhee's parents, but the marriage faltered. Huffman and Rhee separated, agreeing to joint custody of the kids. And then Rhee got the offer to run Washington's schools. Huffman, now head of public affairs for Teach for America, had no illusions about the challenges Rhee would face. But when he heard about the job offer, he decided...
WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN WASHINGTON, Huffman and Rhee anted up. They enrolled Starr and Olivia in Oyster-Adams, a public elementary school. Although the school is considered among the best in the city, Rhee quickly concluded that it was inferior to the Colorado public school her daughters had been attending. Among other things, the homework was sporadic and unchallenging, she says. Rhee dismissed the principal before the school year was out, a move that sparked outrage across the city and in her own home. "That," she says, "was probably the decision I got the most grief about...
After finally breaking its 15-game road losing streak with a win over New Hampshire last Wednesday, the Harvard men’s basketball team seemed to have finally shattered the other highest and hardest glass ceiling in America. At Colorado on Saturday, the Crimson sought to assure fans and opponents alike that the standout win was the beginning of a new trend by pulling a second road win against the Buffaloes. However, things began to fall apart in the closing moments for Harvard, and Colorado swept past the Crimson, 70-57. The Crimson’s high expectations...
...know, Gibbs is the only pundit who has mentioned that the American public will need sacrifice and steadfastness to bring about Obama's promised change. He will not be asking us to go shopping to support the republic. Susan Conwell, Littleton, Colorado...
...Getting its first road game out of the way with a solid victory, the team sets off to take on Colorado on Saturday...