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...Charter schools are another important tool in fostering higher levels of academic achievement. They offer smaller class sizes, more rigorous course loads, and provide students with a viable alternative to failing public schools—placing additional pressure on these schools to improve in response. They also act as “laboratories of innovation,” according to President Obama, in turning out new education methods. Many large cities, including New York and Los Angeles, have seen significant improvement in education quality thanks to the proliferation of charter schools. Illogically, 26 states cap the number of charter schools...
...academic setting. Stephen Pinker, an acclaimed Harvard psychology professor, said, “I think Wikipedia is a fantastic resource although I don’t allow students to use it as a source for their papers.” He added that the site is a good tool for students to use in order to orientate themselves in an area. However, Pinker said that because it lacks quality control, Wikipedia cannot be held to the same standard as scholarly journals and books. “Since the information on Wikipedia is constantly evolving, it is certainly not always accurate...
...There's Truth in Simulation Much praise is given to our documentary Burma VJ by your correspondent Andrew Marshall [Feb. 9]. However, Marshall also has strong reservations about the use of re-enactment as a narrative tool. Aesthetically, such methods can always be debated, but I cannot follow the article's suggestion that the film seeks to manipulate its audience by pretending to be a montage of purely authentic material while, according to Marshall, it is in fact a "docudrama." It is correct that there are reconstructions in the film. But we certainly have made no secret about...
...fact that the government ownership of IndyMac is coming to an end in just eight months is successful," says Kevin Stein, a former associate director of resolutions at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and an investment banker at FBR Capital Markets. "Nationalization is a tool that has been used in the past and can be effective in the future in certain situations...
...used to charge or jail several people, including an academic and a foreigner. What is your opinion of what has happened? The laws have been there for many years. It was not that serious until now. They use the words 'loyal' or 'not loyal' to the monarchy as a tool to fight for power. That is bad for the monarchy and it's bad for Thailand. We should not allow this to happen. The law's intention is just to protect the monarchy. But now it's used to manipulate power. We have to redefine the law and not allow...