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...grumble that the pressure-packed annual tests and rigid adequate yearly progress (AYP) targets engendered by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law are flawed means of measuring student proficiency, raising academic standards, holding schools accountable and fostering learning. But since the penalty for defying the law is loss of federal funds, most treat NCLB's prescriptives like bitter medicine they can't afford to spit out. All, that is, except the iconoclasts who run the public schools in Nebraska...
...some area residents say concerns about endangered wildlife and loss of habitat are smokescreens for pro-immigrant sentiment. "The real issue for people who live on the border is that cattle are being killed, cars are being broken into and water lines are being cut," said Michelle Dallacroce, a self-described Arizona mother and U.S. Air Force veteran who heads Mothers Against Illegal Aliens (MAIA). "What's more important than a human life...
...There were important deaths in every one of the winning films.) Determined to set the spirit of his dead wife free, the man sets out on a long quest through a forest, accompanied by the younger woman. It's a serious film that could touch anyone haunted by the loss of a loved one. But the movie hadn't the ultimate dramatic impact to earn one of Cannes' most esteemed prizes...
...full of possibilities—sometimes terrifying ones—and I was never bored. But because discussing one’s childhood always feels intensely personal, the quiet death of adventure stories, talking animals, and palpable magic feels like an exclusively personal phenomenon. Yet experiences of imagination-loss and general disenchantment are rampant. A slew of recent popular movies has taken up the theme, from gems like “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” to less sterling efforts like “Garden State” or “Along Came Polly...
...Uvarova fell in the tournament’s second round to No. 13 Georgia Rose of Northwestern. Ko likely would have played Rose in March, but the match between the Crimson and the Wildcats was cancelled when bad weather led to airport delays in Chicago. The loss marks the end of the season for the Harvard squad. —Staff writer Tyler D. Sipprelle can be reached at sipprell@fas.harvard.edu...