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...education. “If there is no incentive to change curriculums, if there is no reward for educational innovation...then change will come very, very slowly,” he said. Summers also addressed what he called “questions of values,” such as grade inflation and consistently applying high ethical standards. “Institutions’ deeds speak louder than their words,” he said. “These do shape characters and these do shape values.” Tufts University President Lawrence S. Bacow, who invited Summers as part...
...Willie, who is an expert on desegregation and controlled-choice, said that achieving diversity in the early years of school is particularly important because students tend to remain in the same school through eighth grade...
...once before at previous lectures yet who seem to be taking the test. You should also participate a fair amount in sections, so your classmates and teachers get to know you on a first-name basis. Good class participation is important, as it can be beneficial for both your grade and your reputation as a non-creepshow. Plus it can be really embarrassing if your entire section doesn’t even know you. One time I walked into my section and my TF asked me if I was lost. It was six weeks into the semester...
...state transfer - even though her two siblings still attended the high school. At least two dozen students officially listed as transfers were found by TIME to still be living in the district. Among them was Andrew Dreher, a white student who voluntarily dropped out in 10th grade, never left Charlotte and is currently working at a fast food restaurant...
...focus on Allston this semester. For them, understanding Harvard’s presence in the area and how it interacts with the community—the future site of University’s new more than 200-acre campus—isn’t a casual interest: their grade depends upon...