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...children to calculator computations in their early years, our curricular standards for math, from kindergarten to high school, should perhaps be modeled after the more rigorous math lessons in Asian and Eastern European countries. American cultural attitudes toward math have paralyzed our education prospects: Times tables are relegated to the past, students languish in an academic environment sorely lacking in math standards, and the ubiquitous American “fear” of math looms large. We reap what we sow, and if the seeds of both curricular and extra-curricular support for math are planted, perhaps we will witness...
...equally among all teachers, acknowledging that a student’s performance depends on a number of factors—from previous teachers to educators outside his primary classroom. Other schools will vary their distribution of the bonus slightly, giving more money to teachers who are in charge of extra-curricular activities and less money to classroom aides.Klein’s plan represents a marked departure from traditional models of merit pay, which reward individual teachers for increased achievement. Teachers’ unions have historically criticized and opposed such schemes for many reasons, including the competition it provokes among...
Looking back on Harvard after graduation, Khazei said that while he values his education and extra-curricular activities, he primarily remembers Harvard for his friendships...
...hiatus. Most troubling about this decision is its timing and its lack of transparency. The decision was announced well after the application deadline, rendering applicants’ time, energy, and money moot. Almost all of the 1,308 rejected applicants were full-time college students balancing full academic and extra-curricular lives while going through the college application process a second time. Although the Admissions Office’s letter to the applicants recognizes this concern (and they plan to refund the application fee) it was in poor form to announce this decision after the application deadline. The reason...
...outsiders comprehend the scope of the additional demands of varsity athletics in the Ivy League as compared to other extra-curricular activities—the early morning lift sessions, the entire weekends devoted to far-flung tournaments—especially in an environment primarily focused on academics. Jeffrey H. Orleans was one of those few. As the executive director of the Ivy League athletic conference, Orleans was not merely well meaning in his wariness of the potential encroachment of athletics into university priorities—most notably his opposition to participation in the national football postseason?...