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...decades teachers have enjoyed almost complete autonomy over how they get their lessons across. It's not uncommon that if two sixth-grade classes in the same school are doing a unit on, say, the American Revolution, one teacher might focus on Paul Revere's ride and another on the Declaration of Independence. But these days, states and districts are taking steps to keep all teachers on the same page. California, Texas, Virginia and Massachusetts have adopted specified curriculums in the past few years. In New York City, the United Federation of Teachers is pouring $2 million into writing...
...uncommon to have disagreements on the authentity of old masters," Shearman said. "[But] their handling was very unusual," he said...
...fashioned way: in rickety craft with weak motors. A good trip takes 10 hours. A nightmare takes days. And for uncounted Cubans swept into the Atlantic during a storm, the journey is eternal. At least 60, including Elian's mother, have paid the price this year. It's not uncommon in Miami for telephones to ring in Cuban-American households with nervous relatives asking across a line crackling with static, "Have you seen our son? He left last week. Have you heard anything about him?" Often...
This reaction, while not uncommon, is not realistic given the history of serious collisions, says Jaroff, and the possibility of future events. "We now have a catalog of 200-odd asteroids more than a kilometer across whose trajectories bring them very close to Earth's orbit. A piece of rock that's a kilometer or larger would have worldwide consequences if it hit the planet." Specifically, the sky would go dark with ash, plant life would die and existence would be generally much less enjoyable. And even if a relatively small asteroid were to make contact with a major metropolitan...
...handsome, irrepressible romantic in those years, he once had to apologize to the husband of an old flame after Mileva discovered Einstein's renewed correspondence with her. He later complained that Mileva's pathological jealousy was typical of women of such "uncommon ugliness." Perhaps remorseful about the lost child and distanced by his absorption with his work--his only real passion--and his growing fame, Mileva became increasingly unhappy. On the eve of World War I, she reluctantly accompanied Einstein to Berlin, the citadel of European physics, but found the atmosphere insufferable and soon returned to Zurich with their...