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...Last January, Lalas, his coach and other Galaxy executives began discussing who, if they had carte blanche, they would they want to add to their roster. While the MLS has a salary cap, they wanted to capitalize on a new rule (now commonly known as the "Beckham Rule"), which allows teams to designate one player whose salary doesn't count against the cap. Beckham topped their wish list because of his popularity in England, Europe and Asia, where his hairstyle and fashion sense can create instant pop-culture trends. Like Michael Jordan, Beckham transcends soccer, and the worldwide attention...
Most of the objectives dealt with the addition of curricula designed to promote “active-learning” and the introduction of electives. Among other things, the King has used the two extra hours to add “Literacy Collaborative,” a program that infuses reading and writing into the broader curriculum, as well as 60 to 90 minutes of “hands-on math” and 30 minutes of daily Mandarin instruction from junior kindergarten onward...
Massachusetts has been at the center of the movement to add instructional time to the school day as an experiment to improve achievement in lower-performing schools, according to The New York Times. Governor Deval L. Patrick '78 has allocated $6.5 million in state funds toward experimenting with longer class days. So far, 10 schools in the commonwealth—including the two in Cambridge—have used state funding to add instructional time...
...believe that complicity in genocide is an academic value," Bakker said, also adding that he was skeptical about the CCSR's decision to add the Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC) to its list of companies to divest from...
...Change" events around the country, with tickets selling for as little as $15. He routinely whips out his cell phone at campaign rallies and asks people to punch in a short code, along with the word today. "Gotcha," he declares, as the campaign harvests more cell-phone numbers to add to its text-messaging network. A few weeks ago, his campaign sent out a fund-raising appeal via text message to the 13,000 phone numbers he had captured that way, and raised thousands, says Edwards strategist Joe Trippi...