Word: localitis
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...state would double funding for local schools...and in exchange, there would be accountability at the local level for the performance of local schools," she added...
...investigate Davis' allegations, the sorority's national office sent a team that included Atlanta civil rights lawyer Mason Barge. He says the team found no hint of racism: "There was no evidence other than one girl's statement." The local sorority chapter agreed last month to offer racial sensitivity training to its members in exchange for not being disciplined by the university. The sorority still has no black members and is not required to accept any. Out of about 1,000 applicants this year, Barge says, the freshman was the only black. Because the sorority uses campus facilities...
Grogan said his office has worked closely with Harvard's faculties and with local officials to determine how the University can best assist its two home cities...
...Grogan's appointment to his current post in January 1999 signaled a renewed effort on Harvard's part to focus on local concerns...
...third option, proposed by Education Commissioner David P. Driscoll, would give local graduation certificates to students who complete all high school requirements but do not pass the MCAS test. Like the certificates for vocational or special education students, these would not be equivalent to a high school diploma, according to Driscoll. Yet they would mean something, which is a significant and important departure from previous scenarios where students who fulfilled all the graduation requirements--but could not pass MCAS--would come away empty-handed...