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...names such as Kaplan, The Princeton Review and tutoring powerhouse Sylvan Learning Centers, which last year launched a $900 test-prep course for students as young as those in third grade. These testing giants have been joined by hundreds of new, small-time firms that often have little to recommend them beyond their own breathless promises of higher scores. The demand will only grow with the law signed by President Bush on Jan. 8 that requires annual testing in reading and math in Grades 3 through 8 by 2005; a provision in the law also pledges...
...answer may have been to have Reed play an informal, behind-the-scenes role in the campaign while earning a tidy sum working for one of Bush's most dedicated supporters. Late last week the White House confirmed that Rove did indeed recommend Reed to officials at Enron in 1997. Both Reed and Rove, however, vehemently deny that this was part of any kind of deal to secure Reed's backing. Reed insists he was not even aware that Rove had put in a good word for him and claims that he had pledged his support to Bush...
...wouldn’t recommend a visiting professor for thesis advising, especially if he is going to be here for only a semester,” Hock said...
...report does not recommend a “living wage,” per se. However, eight of the 19 committee members—including three of four students, two of three workers, and every person of color—authored “concurrences” calling for a permanent wage floor. Given the committee’s findings, as well as the sharp increase in the cost of living generally, it seems clear that if Harvard wishes to ensure that its workers do not ever live in poverty, it must establish a living wage, adjusted annually to inflation...
...trigger an asthma attack, which is one of the reasons 9 out of 10 asthmatics pass on getting an annual flu shot. Those fears are misplaced, according to researchers who studied the risks and determined that the vaccine is safe for both children and adults--and who strongly recommend that America's 25 million asthmatics get a flu shot every year...