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...United States, on average, is lackluster. Though math and science scores are up nationwide, study after study still finds that students in U.S. schools underperform compared to students in many other developed countries. Teachers’ poor classroom performance is thought to be a major cause of this education gap, and President Obama has wisely identified teachers’ pay scale as a main determinant of teacher quality. Currently, teachers’ compensation is largely based on their seniority. After teachers gain tenure at a school, their salary steadily increases over time, and they become nearly impossible for administrators...
Melton said that he hopes HDRB will bridge the gap between the existing human evolutionary biology and molecular and cellular biology concentrations...
...We’ve said repeatedly that without some help to deal with our budget deficit, we’ll have to close the deficit gap down by raising fares or closing services,” Pesaturo said. “If the legislature does approve the bill, then there would be no need to raise fares...
...cheap ones. That puts it right in the center of the drop-off in middle class buying power. Firms including Liz Claiborne (LIZ) and Talbot's (TAL) are in about the same spot. Ann Taylor is probably much better off than genuinely failing retailers including Bon-Ton (BONT) and Gap (GPS). Ann Taylor, of course, is not Wal-Mart which will most likely stay in a world all its own for the duration of the downturn...
...story about the generation gap in Tibet's royal family...