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...problem becomes more damaging when teachers interpret such behavior as indifference and lower their expectations for what the students can achieve. Without interest and support from teachers--which matter more to minorities, Ferguson found--floundering black students eventually become resigned to their low position on the academic totem pole, fail to develop essential skills and slip even further behind...
Americans are almost four times as likely to fail a class...
Edwards, whose ankle-breaking changes of field and never-say-fair-catch mentality thwarted defenses without fail for each of the last two seasons, wouldn’t be one to disagree. Though he struggled to accumulate yardage comparable to his output a season ago thanks to increased attention, the Crimson consistently found creative ways to get him the ball—and Edwards consistenly found creative ways to get it across the goal line...
...Iraq. Bush brought out traditional conservative voters in droves with promises of protecting the sanctity of marriage with an amendment to the federal constitution, yet his party cannot possibly deliver this promise on the national scale. Republicans pushed this legislation through Congress months ago knowing full well it would fail so as to produce a surge in turnout of outraged evangelical voters. No doubt there are many on the religious right who hold fast to precious beliefs and values, but the leadership of the Republican Party’s use of this issue is morally bankrupt—exploiting voters?...
...applauded for its engaging lectures—Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel somehow manages to carry on questioning and answering from one end of Sanders Theatre to the other. These lectures are able to achieve the desirable end of learning with interaction, which pure discussion classes sometimes fail...