Word: newsweeklies
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...found it somewhat dismaying to see that even the Summerbridge program--a program designed to teach America's students using a non-traditional method--was confined by standardized testing strictures. This fall I read an issue of Newsweek that spoke to my concerns. A flood of memories poured over me: I began to collect information from editorials, essays, novels, speeches, casual conversation and personal experience. Now, I feel compelled to contribute my viewpoints to the already volatile debate...
...nothing about the emotional trauma which this testing system puts students through. America's most famous standardized test, the SAT (presently named Scholastic Assessment Test, formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test), provides the best example of the potential emotional harm to students. According to a report in last month's Newsweek, the long-term effects of the SAT are not negligible. This takes into account the domino-effect theories linking SAT scores to success in life, and the wide range of fields (including unlikely areas such as real estate) that are indirectly influenced to some degree by the SAT. A considerable number...
...debate over the value of a high-cost college education continued this week with a Newsweek article titled "The Worthless Ivy League...
...article contradicts a recent study by Kahn Associate Professor of Economics Caroline Hoxby '88 linking expensive colleges and later earnings--but an author of the study on which the Newsweek article is based claims the magazine misconstrued his findings...
...titanic press room at Dartmouth College's Moore Theater, cabinet secretaries mingled in the crowd. Unlikely pairs formed--conservative commentator Bob Novak chatted with Newsweek's leftish Jonathan H. Alter '79, who is also a Crimson editor...