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Wolf, 73, has amassed a record as a devoted progressive, focusing particularly on education and the environment during her five and a half terms as a representative for the 25th Middlesex district, which covers a significant portion of Cambridge. Her decision not to compete in the senate race increases the odds that popular City Councillor Anthony D. Galluccio—who has run for the Senate seat twice before and is the only Cambridge elected official running—will prevail in this fall's special election to fill the seat...
...assumption that tests rather than teachers should govern curriculum. Testing is simply a tool for measuring learning in the same way that a thermometer is an instrument for reading temperature. What would happen to the health of a nation if lawmakers tried to force doctors to spend a large portion of their time taking patients' temperatures instead of practicing medicine? The reality of NCLB is that it allows few children to get ahead...
Like the black students’ gathering, Quad Day made noise during reading period. Unlike the later gathering of black students, however, the white students at Quad Day had done so on a weekday, had reportedly engaged in illegal public drinking, and had muddied a significant portion of the lawn while playing “slip-and-slide.” In a dramatic indication of the double standard at play, Quad Day and the damage to the lawn were reportedly photographed and celebrated on a Facebook profile of the very student who later initiated the email complaints about...
...speaks frequently of “balance.” Having spent almost three months in Ghana after high school doing service work, Cohen returned to the West African country fall semester of junior year to broaden her view since she’d only experienced a tiny portion of the sub-Saharan country. Where she had previously lived in a poor rural village, Cohen found herself in an area where Passats lined the street across from the university where she studied. The sociology concentrator, who grew up in Washington, DC, also chose...
...little different. It featured a young team with no established star. It meant that every player on the team would be stepping into a new role. For a head coach, it meant that the challenges did not end with Xs and Os.And again, despite her experience, the nonconference portion of the Crimson’s schedule brought nearly unprecedented disappointment. A 2-11 record capped off by a home loss to then-winless Northeastern in the last game before winter vacation suggested that despite its talent, Harvard didn’t have the mental focus to put together a sustained...