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...rates, lower rates of suspension, and higher promotion rates compared with a matched group of peers at Boston public schools, according to the program’s Web site.The study also showed that 72 percent of eighth graders who completed the program chose to attend top-tier high schools, versus 32 percent of eighth graders who did not.Akiyah B. Francis-John, a high school junior and 8GA alum, says she believes in the impact of Citizen Schools. Francis-John has returned to the program as a mentor and serves as a deputy team leader for an apprenticeship examining women?...
...some sports, any team can beat any other on any given day. Fencing is not one of those sports. When Tufts (3-4) came to face the Harvard women fencers (1-0) last night at the Malkin Athletic Center, it was a David versus Goliath, only in this version, David had no chance. The Crimson easily defeated the Jumbos 24-3, besting last year’s 23-4 victory. Annually the first head-to-head meet of the season, the matchup against the Jumbos always carries the tone of a warm-up. “I pretty much expected...
...John Graham, who spent four years as administrator of the federal Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, says news of SUV tire failures left him besieged with demands for tire pressure warning systems even though government reports listed 41 car-crash deaths per year due to under-inflated tires, versus 9,800 deaths from side-impact crashes. "People's capacity to visualize a risk is an important part of the attention they give to it," says Graham. "If you're within six months of a Three Mile Island, a Love Canal, or a 9/11, the policymakers and the public...
...class, because we need AP classes to get into Harvard.’ It’s not at the forefront, we’re not doing everything we do to get into Harvard, but we’re all just sort of conscious. Should we join this club versus this club to get into Harvard?” Wang pauses. “I don’t know how to describe...
...games so far this season, and after setting career highs in four of the first five games, he might become a mainstay. In the opener against Maine, Pusar recorded his first collegiate assist and had three for the game, notching only one turnover. The next time out, at home versus Boston University, the former McDonald’s All-American nominee scored a career-high seven points and grabbed his first rebounds in a Crimson uniform, picking up two on each end of the floor to finish with four. The scoring mark only lasted until the next home game, against...