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...could not use them as escape routes. RWANDA New Lives Authorities began releasing hundreds of children detained after the 1994 genocide. The youngsters, who were between five and 12 at the time of the killings, were originally held in prisons before being transferred to rehabilitation centers where they were taught literacy and technical skills. About 600 young people are to be released to families or foster families after approval of the scheme by local communities. ZIMBABWE Challenges Political tensions boiled over again as the government announced new measures to seize white-owned farms and accused the opposition party of murdering...
...strikes me as a travesty. The signs were there all along. While one is happy for Lane’s Holworthy roommates, who will enjoy the extra space in their suite now that he has left, in the meantime a Harvard place has gone wasted. As someone who has taught secondary students in the Summer School, I know a few students who could have usefully filled it. One of them, a young woman from Dallas, had her heart set on Harvard and was waitlisted, never to come off. She was a superb student, and belonged here. It makes one angry...
...efforts center on replacing the SAT with a new test that better reflects what is being taught in California high schools, stressing that students must learn the material rather than how to score highly on an unrelated math and verbal exam...
...learning that “one must beware the Jews, for they are treacherous and disloyal,” as they do on page 79 of their Islamic Education for Ninth Grade, according to a Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace report. Palestinian youth should not be taught that Zionism, the ideology that led to the creation of the state with which the PA claims to want to peace, and Nazism “are the clearest examples of racist belief and racial discrimination in the world,” as they are on page 123 of The Contemporary...
...aspects that are antithetical to a potential peace with Israel. Saying that the Jews are the Palestinians’ cousins while continuing to teach Palestinian children that those cousins are treacherous and disloyal will only continue to deter a true peace between the two peoples. Palestinian youths must be taught that anti-Semitism is immoral, and Palestinian leaders have a responsibility to address their society’s flaws rather than simply blaming others...