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...Though investors' confidence is up overall, certain doubts remain. Slighlty more than 20% of those surveyed had very little or no confidence in the stock market. Skepticism about company financial reports was a big factor: Approximately 69% expressed no confidence or only some confidence in financial reports, up from...
After President Obama’s speech last week, outrage likely erupted in schoolyards from coast to coast. His address proposed that America lengthen its school day and year, for two reasons: to ensure that students remain in a safe, stimulating environment when parents cannot provide one at home; and to increase America’s academic competitiveness on a global scale. While this first justification reflects a dire need across lower-income communities, the second unfairly frames education in terms of test scores instead of well-rounded mental development. America would do well to lengthen school days and shorten...
...types of learning, whether linguistic, body-kinesthetic, musical, spatial, etc. Schools that provide only linguistic and logical-mathematical material exclude those who learn better under different circumstances. Since underprivileged families often cannot afford to send children to expensive music camps or martial-arts lessons, young people with untapped potential remain unaware of myriad avenues toward success. Arts and sports classes offer a unique strategy for re-engaging students who have given up on themselves, academically and otherwise...
...need” to stay on campus to work on their thesis—such as to do archival research or lab work—will get an opportunity to do so. Whether those without a “clear need” will be permitted to stay will remain undecided until after the application deadline...
Schools cannot counter students’ lack of motivation by forcing them to remain longer in the very settings that first led to their disillusionment. Instead, the American education system needs to innovate—and bring enrichment into the classroom, where it belongs...