Word: curiouser
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What's most curious about the determination to end social promotion is that the practice is far from rampant. A study by the National Research Council last year found that nearly 20% of American students have been held back at some point in their childhood. (Among blacks and Hispanics the figure is close to 50%.) Just how high do we want the percentages to go? This year the Harvey-Dixmoor school district in Illinois tried to require eighth-graders to pass the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills before they could go on to high school. Of 172 students, three-quarters...
This, anyway, was the story I had heard from the time I was curious enough to eavesdrop on adult conversations. I was three years old when a white bus driver warned Rosa Parks, "Well, I'm going to have you arrested," and she replied, "You may go on and do so." As a child, I didn't understand how doing nothing had caused so much activity, but I recognized the template: David slaying the giant Goliath, or the boy who saved his village by sticking his finger in the dike. And perhaps it is precisely the lure of fairy-tale...
...think it's easy to be religious on campus ifyou want to be," Kay says. "People are not onlytolerant; they're genuinely curious and ask youquestions about your religion...
...Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) is one organization that will not need the new funds. PBHA received an unexpected windfall from the will of Margaret Rey, co-creator of the children's book character Curious George. The $1.3 million gift nullified the need for PBHA's major capital campaign to begin in the fall...
James went outside several times to talk to hesitant supporters on the lawn--the crowd outside had swelled to thousands of activists and curious onlookers. He also left to buy food for the students, clambering over the gate after dark to avoid the barricades. Elizabeth stayed in the Faculty Room meet- ing all afternoon...