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...rally with 11 third-graders. The kids, who are at neither the top nor the bottom of their class, have been selected for intensive review--as has a contingent from other grades--because their test scores hold the key to putting the school over the top on the pivotal Pennsylvania System of School Assessments (PSSAS). Last year, after a history of failure, the school, under new leadership, managed to meet the federal goal for adequate yearly progress (AYP) on the state tests for the first time. If it does so again, Blaine moves off the dreaded list of failing schools...
Shaun Blue was a philosophy student from Indiana who used to read the encyclopedia. Mario De Leon re-enlisted in order to support his new family in California. Aaron Genevie, from southwest Pennsylvania, said his mom was his greatest inspiration. Daniel Scherry of Rocky River, Ohio, always wanted to be a Marine. Illinois native Lucas Starcevich helped outfit his platoon when equipment ran short. Jesse De La Torre was a jazz-playing Bible student from Illinois. They had some things in common: several were in Iraq for their second tour of duty. One begged Army doctors just...
...Thompson, expressed disappointment that the panel could not go on longer. “I’m eager to continue the argument with each of them,” he said. Among the panelists—all former fellows of the center—were University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann ’71, who has written a book with Thompson, Samantha Power, a Kennedy School of Government professor and Pulitzer Prize winner, and Internet law guru Lawrence Lessig of Stanford University. Discussion at the panels ranged from the ethical dilemmas surrounding government responses to genocide...
...potential cure for all kinds of genetic diseases (think cystic fibrosis or sickle-cell anemia) and even for cancer - with promising lab results to back up the hype. For that reason, gene therapy is a hive of research activity. Ali is joined by many others, at the universities of Pennsylvania, of Florida, and of Iowa, for example, who have spent years working to develop gene therapy for the eyes. Then there are the countless researchers working on other gene-therapy problems, either at the theoretical level or in other organs, or both...
...were given lower ones—including 40 medical schools that got grades of F for having no policy, no plans to form a policy, or because the school actively promotes interaction with industry representatives. AMSA gave five medical schools, including those at the University of Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University, an A for “comprehensive policies.” Another eight schools received a B for “limited policies.” According to HMS spokesman Don L. Gibbons, the Medical School bans pharmaceutical company access to students during their first two years...