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...response to their struggling members, the union is more active than ever, making sure its members have access to food stamps and other services. But the ultimate goal is for more sustainable, long-term change; in short, the HUDS staff hopes that the University administration will re-assess the logistics of the new calendar. “Harvard should really give some money to hold us over until we come back after J-Term,” suggests Larry E. Houston, a shop steward at Annenberg. But Childs believes that the solution lies elsewhere...

Author: By Sofia V. McDonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: In the Heat of the Kitchen | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Gawande cited the case of Bobby Dellelo, who was held in isolation for more than five years of a 40-year prison term...

Author: By Eva M Harvey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Atul Gawande Criticizes Supermax Prisons | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Simmons, whose nearly three decades of political involvement include a stint as Cambridge mayor, is currently serving her fifth term on the Cambridge City Council...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe and Julie M Zauzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Meet the Democratic Candidates For the State Senate Seat | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...most damning criticism of Fryer came from psychologists like the University of Rochester's Edward Deci, who has spent his career studying motivation. Deci has found that money - like other tangible rewards - does not work very well to motivate people over the long term, particularly for tasks that involve creativity. In fact, there is a lot of evidence that rewards can have the perverse effect of making people perform worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School? | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...When I talked with Washington students, teachers and principals about the experiment, they appeared to have very low expectations for its long-term impact. Many of them, speaking from experience, seemed to think that nothing as simple as money could reach a certain hard core of kids. "The children we had challenges with before, we still have challenges with," says Vealetta Moore-Parker, a guidance counselor who runs the incentives program at Burroughs Education Campus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School? | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

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