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Wheeler's recommendations??allegedly signed by professors at Bowdoin College, which Wheeler attended before transferring to Harvard—were falsely attributed to individuals who said that they did not know Wheeler and had not written the letters, according to the press release...
...concern over the quality of the education that 6th-8th grade students receive in K-8 schools, an environment some claim is not specifically—and therefore poorly—designed for the needs of early adolescence. Young told the Boston Globe that he will delay making specific recommendations??which he had promised to deliver 100 days after taking office—because he did not have sufficient time to review the issue, as schools have been closed for the summer. For decades the community has been debating the state of middle school education in the district...
...mailbox, Anderson’s work begins. Physical and electronic versions of applications arrive in the basement of 86 Brattle Street, where Anderson leads a team of students and staff who organize the piles of paper.The incoming documents—including the applications, secondary school reports, and teacher recommendations??then get scanned, a process that began this year as an electronic back-up system. “It’s really a security device to make sure we have an electronic record of the applications in case the building burns down,” said Director...
...said, Harvard is making “a small beginning” to ensure that the University capitalizes on the report’s momentum.Faust did not mention increasing investments in physical spaces for arts creation and collaboration—one of the Task Force’s major recommendations??but announced that the administration is moving forward with other Task Force goals.Following the Task Force’s emphasis on the need for art in the curriculum, Faust said that her goal is to offer at least five General Education courses and five freshman seminars next year...
...Cambridge Kids’ Council—which studies youth issues in order to make policy recommendations??announced last night that it would examine the link between students’ home and school environments and their mental health at a meeting of city officials and community members. Karen A. Hacker, executive director of the Institute for Community Health and a professor at Harvard Medical School, presented findings from the most recent mental health surveys conducted at the city’s middle and high schools. The results, which were broken down by race and language spoken at home...