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Despite the fact that the district spends $25,000 on each student, more than almost any other district in Massachusetts, Cambridge students performed below the state average. The district scored 4.3 points below the state average in Math, with a composite performance index of 74.2, and 3.1 points below the state average in English Language Arts, with a composite performance index...
Additionally, the achievement gap—a nationally-seen disparity in the test scores of white and minority students—was particularly salient in the results. Overall, the composite performance index in both subjects for White and Asian students was actually higher than the state average, but Black, Hispanic, and low income students all fell far below the state average...
...line with the government’s stance on recreational drugs, the State of New York attempted to say no—when it affected its health-care workers. Until a State Supreme Court judge issued a temporary restraining order, it was state policy to require all health-care workers to be vaccinated or risk losing their jobs. Still, the state’s health commissioner believes in the vaccination policy and will appeal the ruling. This mandate was intended not merely for the safety of health workers; it was primarily to ensure the safety of patients. The rationale...
...bills, though most students rely on public colleges and universities (in fact, just a quarter of students face costs of $21,000 or more). Public schools are a relative bargain, but average tuition and fees at two-year public schools rose 7.3% from last year, to $2,544. In-state tuition and fees at public, four-year schools rose 6.5% this year to $7,020 ($15,213 with room and board). Out-of-state costs saw similar increases, to $18,548 for tuition and fees and $26,741 with room and board. New England was the most expensive region...
...Wednesday, Obama is visiting the Garden State to try to rub some of his political magic off on Corzine at a Hackensack campaign rally, the second such presidential visit this year. Voters can expect to hear more of what they heard from Obama back in July, a recasting of Corzine from the Goldman Sachs executive and troubled governor to the reformist crusader who will heal the state's corruption woes. "Jon Corzine didn't run for this office on the promise that change would be easy," Obama said then. "This isn't somebody who's here because of some special...