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...bell, alerting a group of blue-capped, rubber-booted men perusing rows of gray frozen tuna that the bidding is about to begin. He starts to chant out the tuna's serial numbers, written on squares of paper stuck to their bellies. One bidder raises his hand with an offer that the auctioneer weaves into his mantra: "4-5, 4-5, 4-5." That's 4,500 yen - about $50 - one of many offers made for every kilo of the frozen fish on the block that morning. At Tsukiji, the world's most famous fish market, tuna are sold...
...university made a commitment—albeit unwritten—to offer up a 0.7-acre site for residential development. The land, which was purchased late last year, is currently occupied by the Brookline Machine Company. The pledge serves as a reminder of Harvard’s commitment to community building and redevelopment in Allston. Moreover, a concession of this scale is rare and generous. The last such contribution of this magnitude occurred in 1998, when the university donated land for an Allston branch of the Boston Public Library...
While the concept of parent academies - in which towns or school districts offer what are essentially classes and workshops on parenting skills - has been around for more than a decade, several larger cities are starting or expanding such programs in an effort to engage parents who are otherwise uninvolved in their child's education. Philadelphia has invested heavily in this year's launch of a comprehensive and wide-ranging program for parents. Boston is reviving its Parent University following an earlier version's demise due to budget cuts. And Miami's Parent Academy, now in its fifth year, offers more...
...children at low-performing schools and residents of housing projects and emergency shelters. Of course, there's no guarantee that the people who need these programs the most will actually take advantage of them - you can't force parents to care, no matter how many free classes you offer. Still, says Harvard's Mapp, you have to make progress where you can. "Family engagement is a shared, reciprocal partnership between educators and parents," she says. "It's a two-way conversation between home and school...
...Cambodian government didn't back down. Earlier this week, the Cambodian Ambassador to Thailand wrote an angry letter to the Nation, after the Thai daily published an editorial criticizing Hun's Sen's offer of refuge. The Cambodia emissary accused the Nation of having become a "vulgar newspaper [that has] lost its value as a newspaper of a civilized country." Just when tensions looked set to dissipate, Hun Sen announced on Nov. 4 that he was appointing a certain Thai as his economic advisor. Thaksin's conviction by a Thai court, opined Cambodian state T.V., was "politically motivated." The former...