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...learning communities,” subdivisions of the student body intended to provide students with a more intimate environment. Last year the school was re-accredited in record time, according to Knight.NUMBER CRUNCHINGWhile re-accreditation was a positive step for the school, Knight noted that the achievement gap??the national disparity between test scores of white and minority students, which usually falls along class lines—affects CRLS and has proved difficult to fix. Only 25 percent of low-income students at CRLS scored at either the advanced or proficient level on the 10th grade Massachusetts Comprehensive...
...those of systems that spend less than half that amount. “We still have a group of...working-class kids that we don’t do well enough by,” Reeves says. The mayor adds he hopes to close this “achievement gap?? and raise standards across the school system. He also says he plans to synchronize curricula, introduce more music and arts programs, and set an expectation of “excellence” rather than settling for proficiency.Reeves also enthusiastically points to plans to revamp both Central and Harvard...
...will dominate America’s agenda for years to come. There is no way to cynically “match” the Republicans on defense and then pivot to more hospitable domestic issues. Bruce Reed of the Democratic Leadership Council wrote about a “trust gap??—a legacy of Vietnam and the Iranian hostage crisis—that pushes fearful voters into the arms of the tougher “daddy party” Republicans. “Me too” on defending America is an invitation to defeat...
Chains the size of Abercrombie & Fitch have had limited success in the Square, DiGiovanni said. The Limited, HMV and Pacific Sunwear have all gone out of business, while one notable exception—the Gap??has survived for 25 years...
...Paige used the Forum to argue that U.S. public education—long criticized for the “achievement gap?? it has perpetuated—is on the road to remediation. Paige’s talk kicked off a conference this weekend commemorating Brown’s fiftieth anniversary at the Kennedy School of Government...