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Well, the American family is under threat today. The very women who were told they could climb the corporate ladder, and indeed encouraged to do so, must now partake in a Sophie’s choice between equally desirable public and private ends. This is not ideal. Women should, so to speak, be able to bake their cake...
...staff because they've overspent; many doctors and nurses say the NHS is badly run. Meanwhile, Blair is pushing to let state schools have greater autonomy, which traditional Labour MPs think will lead to sharply unequal quality and hurt those at the bottom of the social ladder...
...core of CTC is Floortime, one-on-one, child-directed play periods. In one such session, David, 6, goes down a slide again and again. Each time he reaches the top of the ladder, a teacher playfully blocks his way, leading this very passive child to make eye contact and make his wishes known. "She wants him to move her hand or say 'Move' and be intentional," explains Lauren Blaszak, CTC's assistant director. "She's got an agenda; he doesn't know it. He keeps going back for more because it's fun." Building social interactions this...
...scrutiny, lest we cheapen true achievement. But treating Viswanathan with the same lack of judiciousness with which she herself treated McCafferty sinks this affair to a new low.Some have also chosen to draw broader conclusions from this situation by linking it to the dog-eat-dog, rat-racing, ladder-climbing, and corner-cutting mentality of Harvard students. Others have related it to the stressful nature of college admissions, and still others have blamed a cocktail of overzealous parents and intense pressure. But such extrapolation should be braved with caution. Viswanathan is but one student among 6,500 undergraduates...
With a bevy of improvements in recent years—such as more transparent procedures for promotion reviews and better mentoring—members of the faculty generally agree that conditions are improving at the bottom of the tenure ladder...