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...young organization’s constitution, La Vie founder Oluwadara A. Johnson ’10 gives a dramatic account of its beginnings: "On a cold winter day in January 2008, I decided that it was time to take an active step towards bridging the gender inequality gap that exists in the Harvard social scene." Her group, and others like it, have had some measure of success in righting wrongs, especially now that several women’s clubs occupy their own real estate...
...much of the drama, state lawmakers worked to fund the education budget in order to do away with the furloughs. But negotiations that involved the governor, the teachers' union and the state board of education have gone nowhere. At one point, Lingle proposed $62 million to close the gap, but the union and board say that any solution will cost the state $92 million. The Democratic-controlled state legislature ends its 120-day session on April 29, but lawmakers fear that even if the funds are allotted, Lingle, a staunchly antiunion Republican, might refuse to release them. On Sunday, April...
Both teams added two runs in the third frame. Harvard staged a two-out rally capped by a Reynolds triple into the left-center gap that scored O’Hara and sophomore Marcus...
Bell attributes the gender gap at the school in part to the limited pool of female talent, explaining that “because there is pressure across all institutions to hire women, they’re in great demand...
...interested in what are the four or five investments that, when put together, have the potential to close the achievement gap,” Fryer said. “Incentives could be one of [them], I don’t know yet. This is the first kind of large scale experiment in urban schools on incentives, and I hope it’s not the last...