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...many Harvard undergraduates can say they have argued a case before federal judges or have built an award-winning robot—but these kids can.Through Citizen Schools, a Boston-based non-profit enrichment program, middle school students have the chance to participate in interactive apprenticeships that immerse them in a variety of professional and academic fields.Founded over a decade ago by Eric Schwarz and Ned Rimer, alumni of the Graduate School of Education (GSE), the program currently mobilizes teams of volunteers from at least three of Harvard’s graduate schools to conduct academic apprenticeships.Local professionals and community...
...testing critics are quick to point to the extensive delays. "Nowhere have schools stopped functioning because of the missing test scores. But they also don't know if they've moved up or down the performance ladder," said education advocate Julie Woestehoff, executive director of the Chicago-based non-profit Parents United for Responsible Education. She hopes snafus like Illinois' may actually help in rethinking the law's parameters to include other forms of assessments in evaluating schools. "These testing errors show the need for multiple measures like student grades and performance portfolios which are not as cheap and fast...
...need to listen to voices other than those who insist that economic activity must be curtailed. The way forward lies in increased wealth, better standards of living and less taxation. If we seek economic sustainability, we should adopt the motto "If an economy can't make a decent profit, it's not sustainable." Terry Milton Guildford, England Pack Up for Provence Film director Ridley Scott was right on target when he stated, "There is a very strong regard for 'living' in France" [Nov. 13]. My husband and I packed up when we reached retirement age and moved to Saignon...
...after those dire announcements. Since the spring, it has been under new ownership—the proprietor is a Wellesley philosophy professor who promises more poetry readings featuring a wider variety of international poets. To make it float, the 79-year-old shop is being reorganized as a non-profit entity...
...customer base, leave town for Thanksgiving weekend, impacting the store’s holiday sales. The shoe retailer also did not provide door buster discounts like other stores. Black Friday, a decades-long tradition named as such because retailers move into the black and start earning a profit, has become one of the busiest shopping days of the year in recent years. On Friday, Americans nation-wide doled out $8.96 billion on purchases—a six percent increase from the same day last year, according to Chicago-based consumer data collection firm ShopperTrak. Yet some view the consumption frenzy...