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...state to extend its school year by 30 days to give 1 million middle schoolers an extra six weeks of class to help pull up sagging test scores. On the local level, schools across the country are extending the hours students spend in their clutches far beyond the typical seven-hour school day and 180-day school year by increasing after-hours classes and activities. And one of the most attractive features of many charter schools is their protracted school days and years. For example, Edison Schools, which are run by a private management firm for local school districts...
POTSDAM, N.Y.--The annual trip to the North Country is by far the worst of the year. After a seven-hour bus ride to the Canadian border, the Harvard men's hockey team then has the privilege of facing two of the premier teams in the ECAC in their own buildings...
...seemed just as likely, however, that Weiss was on her way to an elite university. During her junior year, she managed to squeeze in four AP classes before her seven-hour jaunt into Manhattan for ballet rehearsal. Upon graduation, she was accepted by both Harvard and Yale, and chose to defer Yale's offer for one year...
...arrogantly back in his seat and hold forth, filling the room with his self-serving discourse. Since launching a diplomatic shuttle on April 14, Chernomyrdin had spent dozens of fruitless hours with Milosevic, most of them listening. Then on May 19, the Russian detected a subtle shift. During a seven-hour chat, Milosevic kept leaning forward, paying attention, listening intently, as if hoping to hear something he could latch...
...carnivals than raves or concerts, combining abstract beats, video experimentation and performance art in unorthodox spaces. A production last year, Junk, was staged in a church and featured junglists and punk rockers, with interludes of spoken word and political puppet theater. Free rice and beans were available, and the seven-hour show cost only $5. Upcoming events include Transformations in April at Boston University and Access in May at the Museum of Science. See the website (www.toneburst.com) for more information. The crew recently released their second compilation, Toneburst Collective, on the label Bliss, featuring tracks by /rupture and esp. Clayton...