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...great that they get out there and ask people, ‘Have you put on tefillin today? Have you done a mitzvah today?’”HOME AT HILLEL?On the other hand, talk of a purported in-crowd at Hillel—where Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Jews have separate prayer services and e-mail lists—surfaced more than once. Claire J. Saffitz ’09, who is unaffiliated with either group, says of the categorization, “I think it’s good that they do that...
...address the shortage of places for very young children; and numerous submissions to the government's Balancing Work and Family Inquiry, due to report later this year, have lobbied for child-care expenses to be made tax deductible. Jackie Kelly advocates a different approach, with fringe benefits tax reform, and incentives for employers to provide child care: "We have to start focusing on the workplace and taking the roadblocks away from employers." Some companies, like mining and chemicals giant Orica, aren't waiting for government-led reform. For staff at its Melbourne headquarters, Orica pays $A14,000 a year...
...Child care's rife with such brain-teasers: How much should we have? And who should pay for it? John Howard says his government provides "an enormous amount of support - but no country can afford free child care." Those urging reform aren't calling for that just yet, but M.P. Kelly is among those expecting big things in May's Budget: "The government knows it can do more in child care." When lobbyist Romeril began working in child care five years ago, she found many colleagues gloomy about the prospects for change. But as the issue gains momentum, she says...
Another parent followed up by asking Gross if he believed that Harvard is “leading the parade” or catching up in the area of curricular reform...
...often diverted by local officials. And few corruption investigations lead to sentencing, not least because officials tend to protect their own. Farmers who once trusted the central government's ability to fix problems find their faith in the system dimming and their anger rising. "They had been told that reform was coming, so they were patient," says Philip Brown, an economist who studies rural China and teaches at Colby College. "But now they see that the reforms don't go far enough, and they think, This is what we've been waiting for?" The official Chinese media, which has tried...