Word: public
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...latest showdown between University administrators and union employees, a group of librarians at Widener Library have gone public this week with their outrage over the prospect that they may be forced to relocate to a newly acquired building in Central Square...
Entering the Public Realm...
...always planned to go into public service, and his curiosity was piqued by the area of public interest...
...have it. Back in my day, we walked to school, uphill both ways, in the snow or rain or sleet, mind you - and on top of all that, we even took our own tests. That was in the days before teachers and administrators at 32 New York City public schools allegedly started "helping" their students with statewide tests, when kids actually had to know something about reading, writing and arithmetic to get passed to the next grade. For the last five years, claims special investigator Edward Stancik, some kids have just waltzed into class, written their test answers on notebook...
Standards among America's public schools have been pushed relentlessly - some say unrealistically - upward in recent years, fueled by parent frustration over their children's poor performance and administrators' embarrassment over their schools' reputations. But while higher standards are an admirable goal, they can hurt the students they were meant to help. "There's an argument to be made that the bar has been raised too high, too quickly," says TIME writer Jodie Morse. "And although nothing excuses cheating by teachers, we have a responsibility to look into what kind of pressure they're under to have their students improve...