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...crucial difference with KIPP is the direct leverage that principals have over their budgets. As the Thernstroms write, “Even with private contributions, KIPP-Bronx is still short-changed by regular New York Public Schools standards.” But its leaders are empowered to spend their allotted money as they see fit, which allows KIPP-Bronx to pay its teachers more and avoid the bureaucratic waste that plagues so many urban schools. All the KIPP representatives I contacted stressed the vital importance of such fiscal, and personnel, control...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: A Commitment to Excellence | 11/19/2003 | See Source »

Such a transition took time for Norman, who didn’t really come into his own under Schneider’s system until his junior and senior years of high school. It was during those crucial years that he learned how to improve his help defense, play more physically and exploit a spread out offense that focused on drawing double or triple teams in order to create space and free up the middle for driving to the basket...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Silent Norman Set to Make Noise | 11/19/2003 | See Source »

...those of Dmitry Mendeleyev that initiated the creation of the periodic table of elements) all the way to emotional healing (e.g. the works of the Freudian doctrine). Recent times have brought about a renewed interest in the effects of sleep on the brain—namely that sleep is crucial for consolidating certain types of memories. My own research has focused on this question, and the findings are ones I wished I’d known about back when I was a student...

Author: By Matthew Walker, | Title: Sleeping Brain, Learning Mind | 11/18/2003 | See Source »

...after an 18-yard reception by freshman wide receiver Corey Mazza, Harvard stumbled, with two incomplete passes and a false start penalty setting up a crucial fourth...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Out of Time | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...people talk about what a liberal student body we have, but I think it’s a lot more diffuse in comparison to how disciplined conservatives have been,” said Tampio. “It’s crucial that progressives and liberals come together frequently in this way to strengthen the community and present a unified voice...

Author: By Michael B. Broukhim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reich, Dukakis Urge Democratic Unity at Law School Convention | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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