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...about her ethnicity when applying to college. “Harvard is hard to get into, period,” Chen said. “You just appreciate racial diversity here.” The study was conducted by David R. Colburn, a history professor at the University of Florida; Victor M. Yellen, a former director of institutional research at Florida; and Charles E. Young, professor and former chancellor of UCLA. The trio looked at enrollment data from the University of California’s Berkeley, Los Angeles, and San Diego campuses, as well as the University of Florida...
...think it would have made a difference. You know what turned ... You know, Romney was up 10 points in Florida until two things happened: McCain started with this bulls___ about Romney being in favor of a timeline for withdrawal - he did that on a Saturday. And then [Florida Governor Charlie] Crist endorsed [McCain]. Those are political realities on the ground, and nobody in talk radio could do anything about that. Even if I had decided six months ago that Romney's my guy and [I] had been pumping Romney ... that stuff happens a couple days before the election...
...hard to argue against the notion of rewarding the best teachers for doing a good job. But merit pay has a long, checkered history in the U.S., and new programs to pay teachers according to test scores have already backfired in Florida and Houston. What holds more promise is broader efforts to transform the profession by combining merit pay with more opportunities for professional training and support, thoughtful assessments of how teachers do their jobs and new career paths for top teachers. Here's a look at what's really needed to improve teaching in the U.S.-and what just...
...pressure from NCLB to raise test scores, some districts have looked for quicker, easier ways to identify and reward teachers who boost achievement. In some cases, they have made the call largely on the basis of a single year's test results-a method experts dismiss as unreliable. In Florida, for instance, one of Governor Jeb Bush's final initiatives before he left office in January 2007 was to push through a merit-pay program that offered a 5% bonus to teachers in the top 25% in each participating district, with selection based at least 50% on how much their...
...senior aide to Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 has been arrested and charged with one count of sexual battery for allegedly performing oral sex on a minor at a hotel in Florida, according to court documents. Carl S. McGee, who is assistant secretary for policy and planning in the Democratic administration, was a 1998 graduate of Harvard Law School and a former Rhodes Scholar. According to a probable cause document from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, McGee was arrested at the Gasparilla Inn & Club in Boca Grande, Fla. in late December after police...