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...Ironically, the area where Abe has made genuine progress is the one that critics were most afraid he would mishandle: foreign affairs. Abe has quickly managed to rebuild Japan's fractured relationships with South Korea and China, traveling to both capitals for lightning summits less than two weeks after he took power. While Koizumi continually irritated his neighbors by visiting the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, Abe tactfully sidestepped the issue by refusing to say what he intends to do about Yasukuni. "He's shown real success in dealing with this," says Koichi Kato...
...often unaware of their flaws. But neither a student’s fear of insulting an educator nor their mere discomfort in approaching a brilliant professor should halt the improvement of teaching and learning at Harvard. The teaching hotline removes these obstacles to the goal of consistent progress throughout the semester...
...kindergarten through second grade, one for third through fifth grade, and one for sixth through eighth grade. The proposal, while earning the consent of some, inspired opposition from other members, who felt that the standardization compromised teachers’ abilities to more accurately depict each child’s progress and accomplishments. “Report cards should reflect what’s going on in the classroom, not the standards,” said Walser. “We have the MCAS [Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System] to test kids on standards.” —Staff writer...
...hotline. Within 48 hours of an e-mail, the teaching board will be in touch with students, informing them of the strategy that will be employed in addressing the reported issue. And by the two-week mark, students will again be contacted, this time with information on the progress made towards resolving the targeted concern. For recently inaugurated UC leaders Ryan A. Petersen ’08 and Matthew L. Sundquist ’09, the hotline represents early progress on a key campaign promise—teaching reform. According to Petersen, the goal of effecting pedagogical improvement was particularly...
Eliot was controversial at first. Asked at a Harvard Medical School meeting why old ways of doing things had to change he answered that, “There is, sir, a new president.” Initial controversy subsided, and Eliot’s reign was marked by progress. In the spirit of change and optimism, the school adopted an innovative elective system. The “new president” was progressive for his time, and worked to create more racial diversity in the student body. Eliot was equally passionate in his hatred for football, which...