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Fritz Schwarz to Head The Atlantic Philanthropies Board; Two New Board Members Named
New York, July 3, 2008 The Board of Directors of The Atlantic Philanthropies has elected Frederick Fritz A. O. Schwarz, Jr., as chairman and appointed two new board members. The two new board members are Cecilia Munoz, Vice President of the National Council of LaRaza,…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Reading, math eat up class hours
By Ruma Kumar The pressure for elementary schools to show progress under No Child Left Behind has come at a cost – less time is being devoted to social studies, science, art and music. But time for reading and math has received a substantial boost,…
Author: Baltimore Sun
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Don't limit learning to the school year
The Center on Education Policy’s study on the effects of the No Child Left Behind law documents the major changes that parents, students and teachers have seen in classrooms in Baltimore and across the country over the past five years (” Reading, math eat up…
Author: Baltimore Sun
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Springfield greatly expands summer school
Springfield greatly expands summer school By MARLA A. GOLDBERG SPRINGFIELD – The School Committee has voted to substantially expand summer school for students finishing the fifth and eighth grades who fail Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests. The new program, to run eight hours a day…
Author: The Republican
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The Spirit of Bermuda – On the Waves and On the Shore
This may be the Atlantic Currents column most in keeping with the title of this series, because it starts with a boat on the Atlantic Ocean. In Bermuda, to be exact — a small country of only 65,000 people, but one very important to Atlantic…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Retirement With A Purpose
When Betty Otte retired in the mid-1990s, she was burned out and ready for some well-deserved rest and relaxation. For 10 years, she had worked hard managing more than a dozen weight loss centers in the Orange County, Calif., area, where she was in charge…
Author: Forbes Magazine
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Teenage Birth Rate Rises for First Time Since '91
The birth rate among teenagers 15 to 19 in the United States rose 3 percent in 2006, according to a report issued Wednesday, the first such increase since 1991. The finding surprised scholars and fueled a debate about whether the Bush administration’s abstinence-only sexual education…
Author: New York Times
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Our Schools Must Do Better
I asked a high school kid walking along Commonwealth Avenue if he knew who the vice president of the United States was. He thought for a moment and then said, “No.” I told him to take a guess. He thought for another moment, looked at…
Author: New York Times
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Govt. pays $200,000 for new study into black males
Government has committed $200,000 to pay for a study to look at the “attainment gaps between young black and white men in Bermuda.” The full cost of the study is $400,000, but the U.S. based Atlantic Philanthropies is paying for half of it. Former Premier…
Author: Bermuda Sun
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A Time to Serve
As the Constitutional Convention of 1787 came to a close, after three and a half months of deliberation, a lady asked Dr. Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” “A republic,” replied the Doctor, “if you can keep it.” –…
Author: Time Magazine
