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With the victory, the Bears sit in first place in the ECAC standings with 21 points in conference, while the Crimson sits in eighth place with...
With the victory, the Bears sit in first place in the ECAC standings with 21 points in conference, while the Crimson sits in eighth place with...
...other words, winning percentage is a better indication of where the Crimson truly stands. By that measure, Harvard is eighth at .464. If it continues on that pace, it will likely finish with around 20 or 21 points and a record on the order...
...seventh-and eighth-grade residents of Howard House, one of the dorms at the SEED School in Washington, are only half an hour from bedtime. A group of 10 boys crowd around their tall boarding instructor, Marcus Allen, pleading for permission to stay up later. "Mr. Allen, I need to finish my project on the computer," says a diminutive boy, showing Allen his homework. Another begs to watch a game on TV. Most just want to talk to Allen, who has become a father figure to the students. It's a scene common in boarding schools, but these youngsters...
...schools on standardized tests, their scores are still low. SEED seniors have an average SAT score of 834, not much higher than the 800 average throughout the Washington system. The school has tried to improve its performance by strengthening its curriculum. But as a result, 21 of the 63 eighth-graders were unable to move on to ninth grade last year. Six of those youngsters chose to drop out rather than repeat the grade. Retention was a problem even before the tougher standards went into effect. Only 23 of the 40 students in the school's first entering class...