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...been complicated by mixed messages from the Federal Government. Parts of the No Child Left Behind Act require schools to raise the academic performance of children with disabilities, but the Federal Government picks up less than 18% of the additional cost of educating those students. And amid the increasing demand for special-ed services, Congress and the Supreme Court have made it harder for parents to challenge school districts' decisions on how much support their kids should receive. Although the latest version of the statute added a requirement for a last-ditch resolution meeting before the start of court hearings...
...have very many concentrators now and many of our classes are large, larger than either students or faculty want,” Professor of Economics James H. Stock wrote in an e-mail. “So our challenge is to address the demand for secondary concentrations in a way that does not stretch our resources even thinner and thereby degrade the quality of education we provide to our undergraduates...
...Mather or the Quad. Yet there is one time when the shuttle is needed most: Moving-in Period. The loads from CVS and Staples are the heaviest, the buys from the Habitat for Humanity “Stuff” sale are bulky. It is a time when the demands of several organizations—such as Crimson Key or the Peer Advising Program—are at their highest. Furthermore, students and their parents may need to run errands in the Square. Camp Harvard is a time when we arguably most need the shuttle. To be fair, Harvard University...
...polled students and found that approximately 17 percent described The Confi Guide as “interesting,” though approximately 14 percent said we were “boring.”* From these numbers we were able to scientifically conclude that there was once again a demand for completely one-sided, marginally-useful, and vaguely-humorous course advice. So we’re back. Well now that you have us in your hand, how can you make the most of us? Three uses come to mind: Projectile. Doorstop. Course guide. We prefer the latter, but it?...
...traders' anxieties may have been soothed by the fact that Iranian and European leaders are now actively pursuing a compromise aimed at defusing the crisis over Tehran's nuclear program. And the U.S., which began lobbying for sanctions when Iran failed to heed the U.N. Security Council demand that it cease enriching uranium by August 31, may have little choice but to give European diplomacy more time. Even key European allies have little appetite for a confrontation beginning with sanctions - particularly while Iran is offering a diplomatic alternative, however imperfect, for pursuing the same goals...