Word: basic
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...fights ought not be taken as proof that national standards are unworkable. National standards serve a much more ambitious cause than the sats, and also a nobler one - not identifying a few very smart students regardless of background, Cinderella style, but trying to ensure that all students reliably acquire basic educational skills and therefore a meaningful chance in life...
Harris said that the basic structure of his History 1585 course will not change, although the "methodology may need to be more transparent...
Rachel P. Kovner's disappointment with the Progressive Student Labor Movement's "illiberal left" position on Harvard's financial involvement with casinos betrays a basic misunderstanding of what it means to live in a liberal society (Editorial, "Puritanical Progressives...
...effects on the Iraqi people but little success impacting Hussein and his ruling elite. Because of restrictions intended to prevent Hussein from importing chemicals that could be used for biological weapons, Iraqi civilians have been denied essential drugs. Due to severe poverty, many Iraqis will grow up without a basic education...
...silver-spoon patrol is getting a lot of attention. After all, if those with the most to lose are willing to suck it up and live with a stiff tax on their money at death--for the good of our economy and out of basic fairness, they say--shouldn't we all? Well, no. Trouble is, the superrich don't represent the wealthy--and there's a meaningful difference. What does Soros, with a net worth of $5 billion, care if the estate tax claims half his wealth? He's still got billions to spread around. This...