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...never enough money, historic levels of resources are going into education. What I think No Child Left Behind got right was, it forever put a spotlight on the difference of achievement between white kids and children of color - African-American and Latino. Forevermore, our country can't sweep that under the rug. Those conversations are tough and hard, but they are real. What NCLB did was, they were very loose on the goals - 50 states could create their own goals and 50 different goalposts, and [what] that led to was a real dumbing down of those goals. What they...
...while Rosekrans dropped her match 7-5, 6-4. Freshman Louise Laciny failed to take advantage of three Penn double faults in the super tiebreak, resulting in a 6-4, 6-7(4), 10-6 defeat. PRINCETON 5, HARVARD 2The Crimson began the afternoon with a sweep in the competitive doubles matches.Down 6-5 at No. 2, Rosekrans and Cao converted their next two break opportunities to win 8-6, finishing the match with a lob to the back left corner over the gazing Tigers’ eyes.Sibilski and Ko stepped up to the challenge of facing...
...Saturday in Philadelphia, against a Penn team with only one win in its Ivy League season. With a senior class looking to finish with a flourish, Harvard recorded a morale-boosting win.“The guys responded really well against Penn,” Fish said.An overpowering sweep of the doubles set the tone for the Crimson. At No. 2, the partnership of sophomore Aba Omodele-Lucien and senior Sasha Ermakov won resoundingly against Justen Roth and Phil Law (8-2), followed by a point-clinching win for the No. 3 pairing of junior Michael Hayes and freshman Alistair...
...second freshman boat rowed a 6:47.6, while the third freshman clocked in at 7:00.2 to narrowly beat the Dartmouth second freshman by 1.2 seconds. Harvard held a comfortable lead throughout in the varsity four race and defeated the Big Green by 6.6 seconds to round out the sweep. “We certainly put the training we’ve been doing all year to good use,” sophomore Jared Dourdeville said. “All the guys rowed strong and we had a good showing, but some of our toughest competition is yet to come...
...figure out how to do something with it, how to manipulate it.”The installation is a multi-elemental piece that engages sight, sound, mind, and physical being. Computer and video screens flank a cluster of white, rectangular bars staggered by random height. Sounds sweep through the open space as the installation loops through three movements. The first sets a neutral and abstract tone; the second—which projects text from New York Times headlines onto the bars as processed voices recite news feeds into the space—emphasizes the fact that we live under...