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...general sense, we support the core of President Obama’s education initiatives: heavy on spending and tough on teachers. Specifically, we were pleased with his allocation of $4.35 billion to the “Race to the Top” initiative that gives states an immediate monetary incentive to monetary incentive to reform dilapidated public schools. As part of the broader American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Race to the Top—a small fraction of the total $96.8 billion allocated to the Department of Education under the stimulus package—is a wise investment...
...think it’s been a great year,” Law School professor John C. Coates says. “It’s a tough time for any dean to start given the financial situation...
Described as “tough-minded,” Minow has proved in the past year—and in her 30 years on the Law School faculty—her willingness her to “fight for things that she thinks are important,” Law School professor John F. Manning ’82 says...
...don’t come here in the early 80s as a diminutive young woman and succeed the way she succeeded without being pretty tough,” Jackson says. “You can say she’s conciliatory, or you can say she’s from Chicago and she knows how to get things done...
...rounded third base, and we saw that she was crying, and we just started to cry because it was so emotional,” Brown said. “For her to be able to do that for the team—she had had a tough day at the plate before that—but to be able to come up in the clutch like that is truly inspirational...