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...ordered about 19,000 doses this year, according to Rosenthal, and has administered between 15,000 and 16,000 doses of seasonal flu vaccine since early September—at least 25 percent more than the approximately 12,000 doses given out last year...
Harvard, which currently manages 30 percent of its funds internally and uses external investors to oversee the rest, says that its investment model allows it to achieve extraordinary growth at a fraction of the cost of hiring comparable outside managers. Nevertheless, Kaiser emphasized the need for lower compensation—even if it means that Harvard is forced to abandon the successful but arguably risky investment strategies that have served it well in the past...
Christie’s case in Delaware is reflective of a dangerously increasing trend in school suspensions and zero-tolerance policies. Twelve percent of students in Baltimore schools were suspended during the 2006-2007 school year, and 40 percent of high-school freshmen in Milwaukee faced suspensions over the same period. Blanket applications of zero-tolerance policies and the suspensions or expulsions associated with them are keeping too many kids out of school unnecessarily. Administrators need to be constantly vigilant about how they apply these policies and discipline students—otherwise, safety in the educational environment will come...
...While 62 percent of White 7th graders in the district were proficient or advanced in math, only 18 percent of Black students were, and while 79 percent of White 7th graders were proficient or advanced in English Language Arts, only 44 percent of Black students met or exceeded standards...
...even with all these warnings, people still hesitate to use vaccines, given the results of a recent survey conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health in which 41 percent of adults say they will not get vaccinated for H1N1. This statistic may seem surprising, since vaccinations have long been considered a safe and effective means for preventing serious illnesses. There are reasons why, as a child, we get a host of vaccinations that prevent us from contracting diseases ranging from polio to rubella to, now, chicken pox. And while chicken pox may seem like just a rite of passage...