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...obesity. The program will provide its participants with mentoring in group sessions and on an individual basis with college student volunteers to reduce their risk of developing diabetes. “Our curriculum for the STRENGTH program includes weekly lectures about nutrition, physical fitness, and mental health aimed to...address challenges that kids and their families are facing, and one-on-one mentoring sessions to provide individual attention and support for kids to make changes in lifestyle,” according to Beth Adler, youth programs manager for Project HEALTH. This past fall, 81 Harvard undergraduates served as volunteer mentors...
...State of the Union address, President Bush has asked Congress to extend No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the federal education law. Congress should do so, but only if it fixes some significant glitches...
...really address the country’s educational woes, other fixes to NCLB are vastly more important. First, the federal law now holds schools accountable, rather than students or teachers. But how can a school be held accountable, when it is only an “it?” What do you do when an “it” does something bad? “It” can’t be warned, punished, or counseled. While “it” can be shut down, closing a school is a draconian solution that can?...
Despite endless discussion, however, internal skepticism still remains about our intention to address the problems of the black community. The grassroots activists among us question the motives of those who seek opportunities in the corporate world, while the pragmatists argue that only by accessing the levers of power can we have real impact. After countless debates, we have resigned ourselves to the fact that each will choose his or her own path in advancing the cause...
...effort to address the diverse and complex issues of the black community will certainly begin to dispel the myth of the monolith, but it also will spark more questions, conversations, and debate about who our identity and relation to world around us. And these questions gain special significance during this month—Black History Month—when we recommit ourselves to working towards a day when black history, culture, and the black experience(s) are discussed 365 days a year, not just by us, but by everyone in the Harvard community...