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...students who attend the 7-12 grade school, over 260 of them called in sick yesterday with flu-like symptoms, according to a press release from the office of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino which was released yesterday afternoon. According to a letter sent out by Boston Public Schools?? superintendent, Carol R. Johnson, the school was closed to “prevent new infections and avoid unnecessary illness”—a decision coming with the “guidance of the Boston Public Health commission.” The 10th grade level MCAS math tests...
...despite the low overall severity of the recent case-cluster, the Harvard health community will remain vigilant. “We just have to continue good hygiene and advise people who are sick to contact their doctor,” he reiterated. Rosenthal said that a reevaluation of the schools?? closures will be made on Wednesday after further clinical review. —Staff writer Edward-Michael Dussom can be reached at emdussom@fas.harvard.edu...
...district’s ability to narrow the achievement gap. “We recognize there’s a lot to do in closing the achievement gap, but we are encouraged by the tremendous involvement of our community in the effort,” he said. Cambridge schools??which has a 64 percent minority enrollment, far higher than the 30.1 percent minority enrollment Massachusetts-wide—has seen 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 10th grade scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System state evaluations increase, according to Martin, who attributed the jumps partly to the district?...
...Next year’s projected deficit of $130 million has been compounded by last month’s announcement that endowment funding for Harvard schools??which contributed 56 percent of the FAS budget this year—will fall 8 percent for the next two years, raising the two-year deficit even higher...
...study ranked undergraduate institutions based on both the number of students who went on to receive a Ph.D. in economics and the relative percentage of the schools?? graduating classes that...