Word: throughout
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Throughout his talk, Sleeper urged the audience to examine the motives behind activism. He warned the audience of the evils of "moral posturing"-the pursuit of morality in activism without really grasping why the issue is moral...
This reality has troubled me throughout my four years here, in part because I know I have benefited from it-even though I have not lacked for female role models here, including my mother, Susan, my thesis advisor, Seyla Benhabib, and my teachers and friends, Judy Murciano, Sandra Naddaff and Judy Vichniac. But I consider myself lucky, because the odds were against me as they are against every Harvard student...
...certainly put more money into the system: Education spending has leapfrogged from $162 billion in 1982 to $300 billion in 1998. Yet despite this talk about "investing more in education," the money has simply gone down the drain. Scores from the National Assessment of Education Progress have remained flat throughout the decade. The Third International Math and Science Study conducted last month reported that American high school seniors placed 19th out of 21 nations in math and 16th out of 21 in science. Our advanced students did even worse, scoring dead last in physics. This evidence suggests that, compared...
...parents can send their child to a school of their choice, whether it be public, private, magnet or parochial. The idea was conceived by parents in inner cities who wanted their children to escape the poor performance of neighborhood schools. Vouchers have been implemented in Cleveland, Milwaukee and throughout Vermont and Maine. Future states may include Arizona and Minnesota...
...felt as though these kids would remember this throughout their live," he said...