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Diving into the Great Unknown

Posted: June 1, 2010
Diving into the Great Unknown A YEAR AGO, Jane Nguyen, 18, was following her mother’s no-questions-asked plan for her to be a lawyer. Evan Cooke, 19, was trying to escape the “wrong element.’’ Isaiah Willis, 16, always found himself belittled because he was short. Nick Toscano, 17, never liked being in water. “My one fear was ... continue reading...

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The Death of Public Education

Posted: April 5, 2010
THE NEWS says we are watching the death of public education before our eyes. Detroit is closing more than 40 schools, Kansas City wants to close more than 40 percent of its school buildings. Other cities have been closing schools over the last decade. Boston avoided closings in its most recent ... continue reading...

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2009 NCAA Black Graduation Rates

Posted: March 20, 2010
2009 NCAA Black Graduation Rates NOT ONLY did the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team carry a 72-game winning streak into the Division 1 tournament, it also is bringing along a 100 percent graduation rate. In fact, all four top-seeded teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division 1 women’s tournament, which also includes Stanford, Tennessee, ... continue reading...

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NCAA Fouls on Grad-Rate Commitment

Posted: March 16, 2010
Until the NCAA bans the likes of Maryland, Texas, Nevada Las Vegas, and Kentucky, the concept of "student-athlete" is corrupted beyond repair. At these schools, the athletes are semipros who should be paid... continue reading...

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Leading the Fight Against Kids’ Obesity

Posted: March 13, 2010
By making the fight against obesity his personal mandate, state Representative Peter Koutoujian has done the Commonwealth a favor... continue reading...

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A Brighter Picture of the World

Posted: March 6, 2010
THEODORE CROSS inspires more tributes than feathers on a wing. Cross, who died this week at 86, was an amazing model of reinvention. He ended his life being noted for his incredible nature photography in the 2009 book “Waterbirds.’’ Uninterested in birds until his 40s, he told the St. Petersburg Times last month, “I savor ... continue reading...

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Taking a Bullet on Wall St.

Posted: February 9, 2010
SUPERINTENDENT CAROL Johnson of the Boston Public Schools last week officially lined up at the soup kitchen of American education by announcing nearly $60 million in budget cuts. Her pared-down $810 million budget comes after she announced in November new initiatives intended to help Boston “serve as a model for every urban school district in ... continue reading...

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College Presidents Are Flunking the Salary Test

Posted: November 8, 2009
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS are treating American education like it’s Wall Street. At least the excessive salaries and bonuses on Wall Street are just about greed in a business based on greed. But university presidents are the role model we entrust our children to. We assume that tens of thousands of dollars later, we will be repaid ... continue reading...

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