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While exactly 18 percent of both current and withdrawn parents pointed to the quality of education as the “single most important issue facing?? the schools, 10 percent of current parents pointed to standardized test scores, compared to only four percent of parents who withdrew. In contrast, twice the number of withdrawn parents—12 percent versus six percent—said that a better and broader curriculum, including more attention for gifted students, is a key concern...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani and Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Survey of Parents Reveals School Shortcomings | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

...Princeton Review’s survey, entitled the “College Hopes and Worries Survey,” sought to “shed light on the aspirations and anxieties families are facing?? this time of year, according to a press release...

Author: By Adam J. Katz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NYU Tops New ‘Dream’ Rankings | 3/18/2004 | See Source »

...Right Honorable Jenny M. Shipley, who served as prime minister from 1997 to 1999, discussed a variety of hot topics that New Zealand and the U.S. are both currently facing??from affirmative action to gay rights—as part of a talk sponsored by the Institute of Politics in the Quincy House Junior Common Room...

Author: By Jackeline Montalvo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Prime Minister Praises U.S. Equity | 11/25/2003 | See Source »

...create a focal point for human interaction. However, the houses themselves are window-slitted modernist bunkers of concrete and metal that hardly seem conducive to actual human living. Drab and squashed, the dwellings are dwarfed by the surrounding countryside and possess a disquieting uniformity because they are all facing??literally, because they resemble masks with hats pulled down over their eyes—in one direction. While it is ostensibly a living development, it would have perhaps been better to keep Tharsis as a mental exercise...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Constructing a Visually Arresting Space | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

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