Word: enriching
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...have a personal computer. I disagree. What is needed is access to and training in how to use a PC. For many, owning the hardware would only lead to more game playing. Access to computers before, during and after school hours, perhaps at public libraries or rec centers, would enrich children of every economic level and benefit society at large. But youngsters must learn how to use the hardware and software for learning and for doing research--not just for getting facts. Does this mean hardware alone won't do the job? Yep. Trained and dedicated teachers will once again...
...university setting, I think that [a] sense of community can enrich your educational experience," she said...
This served to enrich Knight even further. His consulting agreement with Molten was highly unusual and gave him more than the typical incentive to make his pitch. Along with a $7,000 monthly fee, Knight was given options to buy at least 40,000 shares of Molten, firm documents show. In an April 1996 letter awarding Knight more stock options as he was leaving to run the Clinton-Gore re-election bid, company president William Haney showed just how valuable he thought Knight would be to the company: "Our objective is to keep you...with us right up until...
...generosity of the Barkers and of many others has transformed the Union and Burr Hall and Warren House into stunningly seductive and functional spaces that will enrich and revivify the humanities at Harvard," Knowles wrote...
Jenkins has suggested that Yonkers and the N.A.A.C.P. put the battle behind them, sit down as partners and try to figure out how to improve public education for everybody. "This thing is not working," he says. "The idea is not to make bus companies rich. The idea is to enrich the educational opportunity of every kid going to public school. I support integration, but I don't think integration is the goal. The goal is quality education." Jenkins, 36, acknowledges that his perspective comes in part from not having lived through the battles that followed the Brown v. Board...