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...Rosemary Perlmeter, president of the non-profit Dallas-based Coalition of Effective Charters (CEC), has proposed giving more state money to successful charter schools while enacting more stringent laws to rein in underperforming ones. Traditional public schools receive $800 per student per year for "facility fees" and campus improvements, Perlmeter points out, but charter schools receive none. "Public schools that are consistently performing at high levels should be supported and nurtured whether they are charter or traditional," Perlmeter says. "If they're underperforming or irresponsibly using government funds, they should be closed...
...hope, and truly believe, that in negotiating these rules University Hall does have students’ safety in mind and would, if possible, opt for less stringent (and therefore safer) tailgate rules. But the College has had to formulate a policy that will pass muster under the watchful eye of Boston officials, whose permission is required to serve alcohol within Boston’s city limits. The BPD is taking a hard stance this year after its displeasure with the 2004 tailgate, when BPD Capt. William Evans called student behavior there “a disgrace...
...policy allows admitted students to apply elsewhere in the winter and spring, students admitted under Princeton’s “binding early decision” program must sign an agreement pledging that they will not apply elsewhere.Since the Princeton program’s requirements are more stringent, its switch represents a more “dramatic” step, said Sharon M. Cuseo, an upper-school dean at the Harvard-Westlake School, an independent college prep school in North Hollywood, Calif., with no official ties to Harvard University.‘ALL THE COMPANY WE CAN GET?...
Since the Princeton program’s requirements are more stringent, its switch represents a more “dramatic” step, said Sharon M. Cuseo, an upper-school dean at the Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood, Calif...
Harvard officials adamantly deny that early applicants face less-stringent admissions criteria than their regular-decision counterparts. “There is no strategic advantage to applying to Harvard Early Action,” according to the College Admissions Office website. But Harvard’s acceptance rate in the early round last fall was 21.0 percent—in contrast to a 9.3 percent acceptance rate overall, according to figures from the College...