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Having the entire summer off from school negatively affects learning. All students forget some of what they learned during the previous school year, which forces teachers to spend part of the next school year on review work. Economically disadvantaged students, whose learning is often not reinforced in their homes or in their communities, forget much more each summer. Research shows the economically disadvantaged suffer about two months of learning loss, vs. one month for better-off students. This phenomenon recurs summer after summer. Shorter summers could reduce this gap while raising the achievement of all students, including those...
...crack smoker), the story was perfect fodder for persistent suspicions in the African-American community of a government conspiracy against blacks. The outrage percolated on talk radio and on the Internet until Jesse Jackson and other black leaders began demanding a full accounting. The CIA conducted an internal review; congressional hearings were convened...
...first-time movie director JOHNNY DEPP, pride of auteurship beats a glowing review any day. "Regardless of what people think of the movie, it's my film," said the director of The Brave. At his Cannes Film Festival press screening, Depp experienced a noble tradition of the 50-year-old festival: booing at the end of a crummy picture. During his spell in Cannes, Depp toted around the Hollywood Reporter, which roundly panned his work. Marlon Brando co-stars with Depp in the grim tale of a poor Native American who agrees to be in a snuff film to earn...
Under the new plan, the Faculty said at least six classes would be offered each semester in every Core area. In addition, the subcommittees which already screen courses for the Core will be asked to review their guidelines to make them more inclusive. A further amendment would allow some regular concentration classes into the Core if the subcommittees approve...
...President said last week that he would not review the Honig decision...