Word: eds
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...field as susceptible to fads as public education (Remember values clarification? Self-esteem development?), character ed is now the hottest thing going. If it hasn't hit your local school district yet, just wait. Some form of it is being taught in all 50 states, according to Esther Schaeffer of the Character Education Partnership, an advocacy group in Washington. Georgia and Alabama have made such programs mandatory, and more states are now debating legislation that would follow their lead. Last year the federal Department of Education handed out $5.2 million to schools for character ed; the figure is expected...
With their options essentially narrowed down to either varsity-level tennis, or competing on a co-ed squad that barely allowed women to participate intercollegiately, many women athletes were frustrated, and understandably...
Though both the men's and women's varsity tennis teams won the Ivy League this year, there are no junior varsity squads. Instead, club tennis depends on both the Harvard Tennis Club, which is co-ed, and a fledgling Radcliffe Women's Tennis Club, a team that one woman sought to revolutionize this past year...
...Harvard Tennis Club, however, did have official practice times, as they were able to reserve two hours on Sunday afternoons for weekly practices. As a co-ed organization, women were allowed to play, but never managed to compete competitively...
With their options essentially narrowed down to either varsity-level tennis, or competing on a co-ed squad that barely allowed women to participate intercollegiately, many women athletes were frustrated, and understandably...