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...Gender Gap I was intrigued to see Nancy Gibbs' article on affirmative action for boys, "College Confidential," but a bit disappointed that Ms. Gibbs avoided the greater question about what is happening to boys [April 14]. Rather than question what might be behind the slide in boys' achievement - and what the long-term effect might be if boys continue to fall behind - the article instead turns to ponder what this all means for girls. It is a sad commentary when even an article about boys' academic troubles seems uninterested in the roots of the problem. Malia Blom, Director, Boys...
...Haven.“In general, this meet went exactly as I thought it’d go,” Crimson coach Jason Saretsky said. “The women did a great job with their win, and the men took good steps to close the gap with Yale.”The win for the women completes a sweep of Yale this year—the Crimson women beat the Bulldogs in the fall cross country season and the winter indoor season—and Saturday’s win came in large part from sweeps...
...game, the Harvard offense took over.After the Crimson chipped away at the Bears’ lead with runs in the first and fourth innings, O’Hara came up with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth.The rookie smashed a hard line drive to the gap in right center field, driving in all three baserunners to put Harvard ahead, much to the delight of Walsh.“Didn’t he have a nice rocket out there to right field?” Walsh asked. “His bat’s coming along...
...seat advantage, finishing in a time of 5:40.1. Princeton finished in 5:40.6.The undefeated second varsity continued its successes on Saturday, blitzing Princeton after the start and finishing with an open-water victory. The second varsity earned an open-water victory over the Tigers and widened the gap after both boats came off the start nearly even. Harvard finished in 5:51.7, while Princeton followed in 5:59.7. It marked the second consecutive open-water win for the Crimson second varsity.“When you spend your entire year training for the spring, it’s nice...
...percent passed the Mathematics exam, compared with 69 percent in 2003. But critics of Fowler-Finn have assailed him for being too “test-oriented” in his pedagogical emphasis and “misleading” when presenting MCAS data. And despite improvement, an achievement gap between white and minority students persists. RE-EXAMINING THE GAPCRLS senior Emma L. Shreefter said that she thinks the district takes a “skewed” approach to student achievement. “I think that, ever since I was a freshman, the achievement and push for success...