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...closure. The results are undeniable. New York State recently released graduation rates for the class of 2009, and they show a record number of city students receiving diplomas, including black and Hispanic students, who have historically been more likely to drop out. In the past four years, we've cut the dropout rate in half. The President calls for similar accountability measures in his plan, including performance pay and mandated school-improvement strategies. He's also in favor of requiring states to develop systems to evaluate teachers in part on the basis of student performance. This will go a long...
...When you cut out that time,” the administrator said, “something is missing...
...Associate Dean Robert G. Doyle, who oversees five media and tech-related FAS services and a staff of 46 employees, said that while no full-time positions were cut, he eliminated all temporary positions and reduced what he described as the basic services that they typically performed...
...earlier version of the Mar. 29 news article "Stress of 2009 Staff Cuts Lingers in FAS" incorrectly stated that the University eliminated 275 staff positions in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In fact, 275 staff positions were cut across the University, and not just...
...including spouses Cindy McCain and Todd Palin. Thousands of people went to the Pima County Fairgrounds, most of them apparently there to see Palin rather than the actual candidate (even Cindy highlighted this fact in her brief remarks, to nervous laughter). Notably, all the cable-news networks (Fox included) cut away from live coverage once Palin had concluded her remarks and McCain began his, although McCain's team professed only delight with the turnout. And the Senator gamely continued his conversion from a career of compromise with Democrats to a Republican determined to stand second to no one in vowing...