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...percent—which is 32 points higher than 59 percent for the state. Simmons said that the district should track students’ success after high school before lauding the graduation rate. Additionally, the tendency to evaluate progress by scores and to “teach to the test” is a concern of parents who consider leaving the public school system. “I feel the teachers are under incredible pressure in terms of the amount of testing they have to administer from the state as well as the district,” said Risa Lavelle...
...friendships and associations here; this has been the best job I’ve ever had,” Moses wrote of his time as headmaster in a September letter to Brownstein. He planned to return to New England, he wrote in the letter, hoping to “teach a little bit, and continue to do some writing...
...connect with some of the most prominent jazz musicians in the world. THE MAN FROM ITHACAThe man who best exemplifies the small but well-connected status of jazz at Harvard is Thomas G. Everett, who came to Harvard in 1971. Everett graduated from the Ithaca College Conservatory and was teaching public school when he received a letter from Harvard inviting him to apply for the position of Director of Bands. Initially, Harvard’s location played a key role in drawing Everett: considering the possibility of pursuing a playing career, he realized that Boston would offer more opportunities...
...thighs should have on the Viscountess. “I myself set out early for a ride when I realized what a beautiful day it was. Do you know how to ride, Viscountess?”Her eye boldly met his. “No. I want you to teach me,” she said.The Stable Boy stepped closer. She could smell him, the sweetness of sweat, the sourness of leather and manure. He leaned against the door frame. If she tottered just a step, if she relaxed her taut body just a little, she would touch...
...with my hopelessly carnivorous friends that eating healthfully doesn’t mean sacrificing taste, I finally found myself in a roomful of people who were making their career out of just that philosophy. The Healthy Kitchens’ motto—“See one, do one, teach one”—boils down simply and cleanly to the reversal of the “apple a day” adage. After too many years with not enough apples in the modern diet, it’s the doctor’s turn to give...