Word: distractability
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...National Association of Elementary School Principals found that barely half (52 percent) of principals in schools with mandated uniforms reported improved academic performance. There are detractors, including some parents and students in Philadelphia, who turn the argument on its head, believing that enforcement of a dress code will actually distract from the business of learning. And then there are those education analysts who have raised fears that uniforms could in fact accentuate the chasm between the haves and the have-nots. "It's very hard, especially in poor areas, to mandate school uniforms because some families simply cannot afford...
James E. Davis, a senior lecturer in the chemistry department who teaches more than 300 students in Chemistry 5: "Introduction to Principles of Chemistry" during the academic year, says there is less to distract students during the summer...
...World Class reps use the debaucheries, sex and hedonism of Spring Break like candy to distract most spring breakers from the issue at hand - downgraded accommodations and a slew of other costs hidden in the original contract, specifically the $150 "free" party package. The Reps even give each spring-breaker a complimentary "Spring Break Survival Kit" fully equipped with condoms and breath mints, Cancun must-haves...
...runners neared the end of the race, the large numbers of Harvard fans, including a tailgate around Cleveland Circle, helped distract the athletes from their pain...
...party system such as ours, third parties and independent candidates can play an important role by keeping the two main parties honest. Big party machines can distract representatives from practical concerns toward hot political issues, like gun control and abortion. When this happens, the bite, or at least the bark, of these little renegades brings the Washington big-wigs back to the mundane, but vital, fiscal reality...