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...SHORTER SCHOOL DAY, A BROADER CURRICULUM Parents of potential students opposed expanding the school day from six to eight hours, as the Martin Luther King, Jr. School and the Fletcher Maynard Academy—two schools that have historically performed near the bottom on standardized tests—have done recently...
John is the latest from David Milch (Deadwood, NYPD Blue), working with "surf noir" novelist Kem Nunn. It follows the troubled Yost surfing dynasty: Grandpa Mitch (Bruce Greenwood) is a retired ascetic; son Butchie (Brian Van Holt) is a champ turned junkie; grandson Sean (Greyson Fletcher) wants to surf competitively, over Mitch's objections. They meet John (Austin Nichols), a pompadoured stranger who may be an alien or God (his last name is Monad, a Gnostic reference). Actual, literal miracles begin happening...
...This dearth of African studies was to remain until former Af Am Chair and Fletcher University Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. and other faculty members could argue effectively for the University and FAS to consider seriously the issue of Africa in relation to the department’s pedagogical goals...
...Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., the Fletcher University professor at Harvard and director of the DuBois Institute, said that he had no knowledge of the accusations against Walcott, who is one of three African American winners of the Nobel Prize for literature...
...Gates has been recognized by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Wired magazine, and the National Arts Club. “I’m developing a new way to teach African-American history and science for middle and high school kids,” said Gates, the Fletcher University professor. “History will involve people learning how to do their own family tree and the DNA component will be testing all the kids to see where they’re from in Africa and then teaching them the science of DNA.” Many schools...