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...According to Bennett, the relative silence of the writing community stems from a combination of individual pride and the English Department’s notoriously critical approach. Bennett perceives this as having an indirectly positive effect...

Author: By Maria Y. Xia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Do the Write Thing | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...English Department discourages writing on the side, but not explicitly,” Bennett says. “Those who take writing seriously learn it’s best to do it on one?...

Author: By Maria Y. Xia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Do the Write Thing | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

Like the College’s English Department, the Extension School’s creative writing program covers a wide range of genres—from playwriting and memoir to novels...

Author: By Marissa A. Glynias, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Expos, Extended | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...endorsement of "voluntary national standards," which never gained much traction. In 1994, President Bill Clinton got federal money for standards-based reform, but the effort remained in the hands of the states, leading to a wildly varying hodgepodge of expectations for - as well as ideological battles over - math and English curriculums...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Raise the Standard in America's Schools | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...college, the military or a career. Gene Wilhoit, the executive director of CCSSO, hopes to kick this effort up a notch at a special meeting in Chicago on April 17 by announcing an agreement among 25 states to support an aggressive schedule to devise internationally benchmarked math and English standards for all grade levels. "I see standards as the essential foundation for all education reforms," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Raise the Standard in America's Schools | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

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