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Though Lagemann stressed a desire not to speak from Harvard’s point of view, she did say that universities and institutions of education in general must “educate the public about education...foster demand for research...and generate knowledge that will be helpful for practitioners, parents and policy makers...
...will develop a strong set of values. Slade disagrees. “People can share values while having a wide range of religious beliefs and interests,” he says. Slade says he is skeptical of the fraternity’s claim that it was only attempting to foster integrity in its members. “The warning is much too explicit for that,” he says...
...Trevor Adams (Ben Foster) brings a bomb to high school. The weapon doesn't go off; it's a dummy. But when a drama teacher (Tom Cavanagh) casts Trevor in a play about a school shooting, the campus explodes into paranoia, pushing Trevor to the brink of real violence. Bang Bang is too speech-heavy, and for a movie about the danger of stereotypes, it's rife with them: meathead jocks, insensitive parents, earnest teachers. But Foster makes Trevor searingly real, a bright, eyes-averted loner who so badly wants you to think he doesn't care that you know...
...Janet Fitch novel (and Oprah book) that inspired this perfect-child-in-a-rotten-world drama is a cozy read. Teenage foster child Astrid (Alison Lohman) has monumentally bad luck with mother figures (Michelle Pfeiffer, Robin Wright Penn, Renee Zellweger) but endures by taking on the attitudes of the women who disappoint her. Somehow the viewer endures too, because Lohman's pensive loveliness carries the film...
...role as Associate Vice President and Dean for Development for FAS, she will direct the fund-raising program, run the development office and foster collaboration between FAS and other development offices...