Word: walt
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There has, of course, always been attrition in high schools, but since MCAS was introduced, the numbers have risen at a disturbing rate. According to data collected and analyzed by Walt Haney at Boston College, in the years before MCAS was introduced in 1997, only six to seven percent of students turned up missing between grades nine and ten. In 2001, the rate at which students were missing between grades nine and ten had nearly doubled to 12.4 percent. The rate at which Latinos were missing from grade ten had also nearly doubled, from 17 percent to 29 percent...
...Walt C. Meissner, interim dean of the College of Fine Arts, described Daverio as the school’s “most respected faculty member” who was “always thoughtful, always kind...
...fall of 1928, Walt Disney could claim three dubious assets: a new animated cartoon character called Mickey Mouse, three short silent films featuring the spunky rodent and an idea greater than perhaps even he imagined--adding sound tracks to his little films...
...group of bachelors whose faces are concealed by latex masks, "sounds like good fun," says Lewinsky, who, despite her harsh introduction to the limelight, seems to have developed a craving for it. According to Fox, the guys "must rely strictly on their personalities to captivate" the contestant, although Walt Whitman poetry, expensive cigars and rides on Air Force One are not expressly forbidden...
...pictures shows a younger Fu with her daughter, her son, his friend and the life-size Disney dog, Pluto, at Walt Disney World. Fu, smiling broadly, looks straight at the camera—and at her husband, Yang Jianli, who is behind...