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...movement in local foods grows, you'll see more of that reflected in drinks," says Malcolm Knapp, a restaurant consultant who provides industry forecasts to the National Restaurant Association. "The same sociological and peer-identity issues that drive what kind of foods are going to be consumed will drive more interesting alcohol...
...state hires a panel of out-of-state experts to grade each district's assessment plan to insure that it matches the state curriculum standards, reliably measures proficiency and meets other technical criteria. Additionally, teams of in-state teachers and principals interview district officials as part of a peer review of their test-making methods. "What we've got that no one else has is a cadre of teachers in the state who are as assessment literate as any educators on the face of the earth," Christensen says. "They know how to teach to an outcome, to measure the outcome...
...University. Sen. Edward Kennedy met with state officials earlier this month as part of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's deliberations on revisions to NCLB and was impressed by the results they've achieved, his staff says. And now that the state has added on-site peer reviews to the annual evaluation process, Christensen says the ultimate deciders at the federal Department of Education have assured him that STARS passes NCLB muster. "Nebraska is a place where the concepts of family and community still work," Christensen says. "Our public schools are embedded in those communities and those...
...outpouring of concern from the Harvard community has been wonderfully sustaining for Jeremy and all the family,” Jane Knowles said in her statement. “No one could ask for more caring colleagues, friends, and students.” Like his peer in Mass. Hall, the British chemist’s return to leadership this year helped to restore calm to a university still recovering from the tumult of the tenure of former University President Lawrence H. Summers. Knowles previously served as FAS dean from 1991 to 2002. Pilbeam paid tribute to his predecessor at last...
...Harvard is encouraging its faculty to become more entrepreneurial, especially as the University tries to catch up with peer institutions that earn hundreds of millions of dollars a year off professors’ patents. A study by the Milken Institute last year ranked Harvard 18th among North American research universities in “technology transfer,” the process of converting research advances into revenue-generating innovations...