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...just suddenly drop out; it's more of a slow fade. Typically it begins in the ninth grade, if not earlier, often when life hits a particularly nasty patch and racking up credits in class no longer seems especially compelling or plausible. Ernestine Maisonet started fading in eighth grade, when the grandmother who had raised her died. "She was a woman who worked wonders," murmurs Maisonet, who says she doesn't know her mother and isn't close to her dad. After the death, her family of six siblings fell apart. Maisonet has lived sometimes with an aunt, sometimes with...
...students who fall behind in the first place. Ninth grade is a major pitfall. Parthenon found that 78% of kids who become overage and undercredited had to repeat freshman year. One key is improving reading skills in middle school--a challenge nationally. Last year 37% of the city's eighth-graders were proficient in reading, up from 30% in 2002 but still a long way from ideal. Another key, Klein believes, is continuing to replace big, impersonal high schools with smaller schools that offer a sense of community and a variety of programs. Says Klein: "You want to create...
...Science Center C, students, faculty, and other Harvard affiliates attempted to solve this week’s Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday Times puzzles in the time allotted and with some degree of accuracy. As the official snack of crosswords, Oreos abounded. (“Oreo” is the eighth most common four-letter word in Times crosswords. And they’re black and white!) “I am a crossword junkie,” said undergraduate division winner Nathaniel S. Rakich ’10, who is also a Crimson editor. Adams House affiliate Ingrid K. Schorr...
...home side thought it found the moment of ecstasy the eighth minute of extra time, when Kuyt swept in to knock home a rebound, but was adjudged, curiously it seems, to have been offside. As the players gathered in midfield before the penalty kicks were taken, the Kop responded with a song recalled the 'pool's famous comeback vcitory over AC Milan in Istanbul two years ago; it exploded in cheers when Bolo Zenden netted the first spot kick. Then, Robben stepped up to reply, the hurricane of howling commenced and blew Robben and Chelsea away...
...deficit for the second time in three games, down 8-1 after three frames, Harvard again found itself in too deep a hole. The Crimson rallied in the top of the seventh for three runs, including a two-run double by Stack-Babich. After scoring another run in the eighth, Harvard threatened again in the final inning. But with a runner on and two outs, and with the score at 9-6, junior shortstop Jeff Stoeckel flied out to right to end the Crimson threat. “We had a lot of opportunities but nothing really came...