Word: scholasticism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More than 2,200 children's tapes are now on the market, and the inventory is expanding at a breakneck pace. While the vast majority are rereleases of popular movies or TV shows, a small but growing array of original fare is being produced. Much of it is aimed at...
For Wilkinson, who prides himself on his scholastic--as well as gridiron--record, there certainly is.
Much of the miseducation mess springs from the stretching of entrance standards. Tulane President Eamon Kelly, who shut down the basketball program last spring after five players were implicated in a point-shaving scheme for money, conceded last week that his school still has "multiple criteria for admissions," although he...
David L. Evans, a 15-year veteran of the Admissions Office, told a freshman parents weekend audience that although Scholastic Aptitude and Achievement Test scores are closely evaluated, Harvard believes that "more is told in four years of high school than in three hours of a Saturday morning."
These programs, administered by each state, recognize, rightly, that bilingual education is vital for the academic achievement of students from homes where English is not the main language. The programs' focus is on preventing students from falling behind in their studies due to lack of communication. By overcoming language barriers...