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...organization. The group’s first show at Arts First, Greenbaum remembers, was not listed with the arts groups. “It’s really important to us to establish stand-up as a viable art form,” Greenbaum says.Whatever its status in the world of performance arts, stand-up at Harvard is a popular act. HSUCS produced seven shows last year, all of which sold out, according to Greenbaum. In addition, comedians from HSUCS participated in five other shows not produced by the club.A NETWORK OF SUCS-ERSWith Ingber’s graduation last...
...personnel here over the summer, from former-USC guard and second-round draft pick Gabe Pruitt (one of Harris’ personal friends) to Glen “Big Baby” Davis from LSU.Above all else, he brings the kind of big-time name and big-time status to this Harvard program that instantly makes the team a contender for the Ivy title.The transformation is happening, but I’m still left to wonder: will anybody show up to see it?That’s the question that clogs up my mind, as visions of sitting on press...
...study suggests vouchers for private schools are unnecessary because - once you control for socioeconomic status - students at private schools aren't performing any better than those at public schools. The study says that it is "the kinds of economic and resource advantages their parents can give [students]" - as well as the level of parental involvement in their kids' education -that determines success or failure in high school. That's a message the teachers' unions and Democrats in general love: The problem isn't in the schools; it's with social inequality...
Except that's not exactly what the data shows. It's true that controlling for socioeconomic status (SES) eliminates most of the public-school/private-school differences in achievement-test scores in math, reading, science and history. But even after you control for SES, Catholic schools run by holy orders (not those overseen by the local bishop) turned out to perform better than other schools studied. True, as the study says, there are only a small number of religious-order schools. But the data suggests that the type of school a kid attends does affect how well he will...
...that just because richer private-school kids can afford to be coached more before the SAT? No - remember that this study carefully controlled for socioeconomic status. Rather, it appears private schools do more to develop students' critical-thinking abilities - not just the rote memorization required to do well on achievement tests...