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...children educated in rural public schools.Under No Child Left Behind’s “highly qualified teacher” provision, a teacher is considered highly qualified if he or she holds a bachelor’s degree and a teaching license and demonstrates knowledge in every subject in which he or she teaches. While no rational person could disagree with the fact that all children deserve to be taught by “highly qualified” professionals, the supposed uncontroversial nature of the provision is undercut by the difficulty of evaluating intangible factors that determine whether...
...biography, is a teacher of nonfiction creative writing at Columbia University and the author of “Jesse James: The Last Rebel of the Civil War,” a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Stiles said he chose Vanderbilt as the subject of his book because Vanderbilt’s “is an important life but it is important because it is woven into so many other things than just business.” “It was woven into the course of American events,” he said. Cornelius Vanderbilt...
...play at the Loeb Mainstage, conceived and directed by Catherine “Calla” Videt ’08. This incredibly ambitious production is the first student-written play to appear on the Mainstage in 15 years. While Videt’s subject might be theoretical physics, what she’s really interested in are moments where the science is inadequate to explain its own implications; equations may have built the bomb, but they can’t handle the fallout...
...really tries to engage the class even though it’s really difficult to do so considering the subject matter,” says Sisi Pan ’11, who is currently enrolled in Tian’s Foreign Cultures 68: “Authority and the Claims of the Individual in Chinese Literary Culture.” “She’s so incredibly supportive,” Pan adds...
...second day as President, Barack Obama ordered the agency to use the Army Field Manual as its interrogation playbook. The manual, originally written for Cold War prisoners but updated in 2006, states that "no [detainee], regardless of nationality or physical location, shall be subject to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment as defined in U.S. law." It also categorically states that harsh interrogation techniques are essentially useless. "Beyond being impermissible, these unlawful and unauthorized forms of treatment are unproductive because they may yield unreliable results, damage subsequent collection efforts, and result in extremely negative consequences at national and international...