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...four, partially met one, and nearly met one and fully met two.” One of the goals that Massachusetts met was establishing teacher induction programs in which new teachers are assigned a mentor. Massachusetts also fared well in increasing the salaries of teachers who teach in shortage subject areas or work at schools that are classified as “high needs.” However, the report also notes that there are a number of areas in which Massachusetts can make significant improvements. These areas include making tenure decisions meaningful, setting clear penalties for teachers with unsatisfactory...
...skeptical students—these courses would bear more resemblance to your favorite extracurricular than to your Lit and Arts A Core. The quirky subject matter would bring students of similar interests together and create some fast friendships. The (lack of) age difference would erase much of the resentful divide between teacher and student, leading to discussion seminars that are truly group-driven, not individual-driven, as too many fall and spring sections are. Finally, students would be no less likely to write a final paper for a peer than for a professor. We do far more work...
...seats. Now, according to polls, he could gather up to 20 seats, bumping Labor, one of Israel's classic founding parties, into fourth place. Netanyahu's Likud Party is expected to win 25 to 27 seats, and Livni's centrist Kadima 23 to 25 seats. Lieberman is the subject of a long-running police probe for corruption (he rejects any implication of wrongdoing), but that doesn't faze his fans. Nor does his selection of motley running mates: he has a former ambassador to Washington and a Likud renegade, but also a former model, a singer, a TV anchor...
...that Michelle Obama had been approached by "over a dozen" publishers to write a book. Calls were going through Washington superlawyer Bob Barnett, who represented the President for Audacity. Interest has only intensified since then, but the First Lady's office is in lockdown when it comes to that subject. "There are no book deals in the works" is all that her spokesperson would tell TIME. (See behind-the-scenes pictures of the Obamas on Inauguration...
...endowment fell 22 percent—or roughly $8 billion—in the four months prior to Nov. 1, and is projected to fall 30 percent by the end of the fiscal year on June 30.While the Task Force’s report will need to be subject to some financial concessions, Faust said, Harvard is making “a small beginning” to ensure that the University capitalizes on the report’s momentum.Faust did not mention increasing investments in physical spaces for arts creation and collaboration—one of the Task Force?...