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...government under No Child Left Behind. The tests measure competency in English, math, science and history. Since students are required to pass several tests to graduate, and are examined by local, state, and federal government to determine how well the school is performing, the tests will inevitably have a major effect on school curricula. Rather than dictating school curricula through centralized, standardized tests, curricula should be developed on a more localized level. This philosophy is well represented in the new budget by a proposal to give out grants of $5,000 to elementary schools that design their own curricula...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Leave It Localized | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...minute of the penalty kill with Vaillancourt’s smaller stick as a substitute. Despite the disadvantage, Harvard stopped the threat without much trouble. The nation’s second-best penalty-kill unit held the Golden Knights scoreless in their five power-play chances.Clarkson also had a major opportunity midway through the second frame, when it caught Kessler out of position. But once again, the team failed to capitalize.“You have to take advantage of your opportunities,” Golden Knights coach Rick Seeley said. “You don?...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kessler's Record 12th Shutout of Season Leads Harvard in Semis Over Clarkson | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...should try a different experiment in which students actually have responsibility in making major decisions that concern their daily lives. If this community is ever going to be liberal (liberal in the democratic-acceptance-sense rather than the I-Heart-Barack-Obama-sense), silence on multiculturalism and backdoor decisions will get us nowhere. By experimenting with community forums in which students are able to give up their privileges—rather than have administrators take them away—we would be living up to what Harvard hopes to be. We don’t need Habermas to teach...

Author: By Andrew D. Fine | Title: TALK TO US! | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...demonstrated by Goolsbee and Power, it also meant inexperienced advisors were given major roles in a presidential campaign - and those two are far from the only ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Big Problem: Neophytes | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...this trend might be developing," said InsiderAdvantage's Matt Towery. "Finally, Clinton has a demographic that she could possibly go after to gain votes. She currently trails among women in Mississippi, but leads among men. If she could turn the uniqueness of becoming the first woman President into a major talking point, she might make additional progress with Mississippi women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Clinton Make Mississippi a Race? | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

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