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...hopes GradeFund will change students' motivation level. "We're setting up small, little carrots," he says. "Let's say there's a seventh-grader who is contemplating cutting class with his friends. If he has $100 on the line, maybe he'll go to class." And if he's really on the ball, maybe one day he'll realize that GradeFund's 5% transaction fees amount to a pretty hefty commission...
...industry with precious few. And in schools where kids are struggling to read and subtract, it is a prerequisite for getting anything else done. In their defense, Washington teachers and principals, like educators in many of the country's worst school districts, talk about trying to teach a seventh-grader who is eight months pregnant; about being assaulted by students; about holding meetings for parents, replete with free food, and no one showing up. Washington Teachers' Union leader George Parker worries that test-score data cannot take all this into account: "I don't think our teachers are afraid...
...side, we showed our strength with the foil squad,” Harvard coach Peter Brand said. “On the men’s side, our result against Sacred Heart was as I anticipated.”The women defeated the Jumbos from Tufts for the seventh consecutive season with scores of 7-2 in sabre, 9-0 in foil, and 6-3 in epee. Harvard’s tallies against the Sacred Heart women were 6-3 in sabre, 9-0 in foil, and 8-1 in epee. In total, the Crimson had six women go undefeated...
...experienced guys had straightforward matches. But again, the bottom seeds had closer matches.” Though more challenged, Harvard still came out with a win, defeating Williams 8-1. West had another impressive showing, obliterating Ephs sophomore Will Gruner 3-0. Along with West, the third, fourth, fifth, seventh, and ninth seeds all beat their Williams opponents 3-0. The only loss on the day for the Crimson came in the No. 6 flight, as freshman Will Ahmed fought bitterly in five games against sophomore Christian Henze, but lost 3-2. Though the Crimson blew Williams away Harvard will...
...plays to stop the Bulldogs, culminating in an Eric Schultz sack that knocked the ball loose from quarterback Brook Hart’s grasp and defensive tackle Carl Ehrlich pounced on the fumble.The senior-to-senior connection quelled a late-game threat from Yale and gave the Crimson its seventh victory in eight years over the Bulldogs, 10-0 in front of 31,398 fans at Harvard Stadium.“I think our defense has done an incredible job this year of coming up with big plays in critical situations and being resilient, being able to perform under pressure...