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...free of much of the red tape that often chokes other institutions. While some states have begun to question whether most charter schools outperform regular public schools, the Stanford Achievement Test scores at Accelerated have jumped 93% since 1997, with increases of 35% in reading and 28% in math last year alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elementary Schools Of The Year: Like A Free Private Academy | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...PROOF David Auburn's intriguing mix of memory play and math lesson concerns a professor's daughter who may or may not have solved a famous math enigma. Of the year's two brainy science plays (the other: "Copenhagen"), this is the one that touches the heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Theater 2000 | 5/17/2001 | See Source »

Lots of folks are angry that your predecessor, Neil Rudenstine, purchased half of Allston in a recent land grab. So what in the name of Ted Williams are you going to do with all that land? Well, the Red Sox need a new park. You do the math...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The RaHooligan: Advice For Larry Summers: Be 'The Man' and Buy the Red Sox | 5/16/2001 | See Source »

Economics is one of the fields that blends the quantitative and the qualitative, math and hard-won experience. Someone such as Summers is in a position to continue and even extend the work that Rudenstine has done on interfaculty initiatives...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Summers, Science is Key | 5/11/2001 | See Source »

...happen to know what any of those ways are at the moment. But I can offer this advice. As the Bush administration looks for a replacement Postmaster General, I think they ought to consider one important screening device: For heaven?s sake, find someone who?s capable of simple math. Maybe even long division - or, heck, fractions, if we really feel like pushing our luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Mr. Mailman! Make Up Your Mind About My Stamps! | 5/8/2001 | See Source »

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