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Because little has been done to address the problems, Thomas said that the number of applications for preceptors has fallen this year...
Long before the release of MacBook Air, John F. Kennedy ’40 said that “man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.” Oh, how man has fallen. “The Age of American Unreason,” Susan Jacoby’s latest effort, bemoans the dilution of American intellectual ambition and the crippling apathy that has settled in its place.Using an arsenal of historical analysis, anecdotal musings, and hard-nosed scorn, Jacoby deconstructs American culture to reveal the virus of anti-intellectualism that has penetrated to its core...
...Since Bell Street Middle School adopted TAP in 2001, it has doubled the percentage of students scoring at an advanced level in math and reading and reduced the percentage scoring "below basic" in math 46%. Meanwhile, teacher turnover has fallen from a disastrous 32% a year to less than 10%. Jason Culbertson, who heads TAP in South Carolina, says such improvements in student achievement, quality of teaching and teacher morale are typical. A recent analysis involving 610 TAP teachers in six states, conducted by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, the nonprofit that runs TAP, found that...
...juggle offerings accordingly,” Martin said. She would not identify specific items that have fallen off the menu. But students have begun to notice...
...first two wins of the season. “We’ve been training hard all year, and we’re looking forward to keeping this going at Brown next weekend.”It has not been an easy year for Harvard, as numerous wrestlers have fallen to injuries, but the team has fought tenaciously, despite losing some close matches, and has maintained a positive outlook for the rest of the season.“I don’t think it’s important to talk about the injuries...