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...Ellwood must also tend to the fiscal health of the historically cash-strapped school. The KSG ran a massive $5.9 million deficit in fiscal year 2002, but Nye’s belt-tightening measures??€”which included the elimination of 47 staff and adjunct faculty positions—generated a more modest $84,495 surplus last year...
...this with some measure of public support, the government would have to provide incentives for consumers to buy cleaner cars and retire older ones. To stimulate renewable energy, a carbon tax of as little as $4 a ton would be enough to turn the tide of energy investment. Other measures??€”including investment in public transportation, research into alternative fuels and the like—also deserve attention, but are either much longer term or have uncertain results. Immediate changes in the vehicle fleet and power generation should be the top priority...
...addition to emotional support, the University is implementing new safety measures??€”including extra officers stationed at gates and on patrols—to beef up security on campus...
Standardized tests alone will not improve the education of this country’s children. Tests of reasonable length might be good as diagnostic measures??€”to pinpoint which students, classes or schools need extra help. But actual improvements in education can only occur when reforms are made. Tests need to be combined with better staff training, better teaching, better use of resources and better organization to have any significant effect. And while standardized tests can be used for diagnostics, by only testing certain skills, they are not full measures of student achievement. These imperfect tests should...
...current plan affects fewer schools than its predecessors, but it imposes more drastic measures??€”none of the previous plans had closed schools outright. And the opposition is as fierce as ever, especially from Fitzgerald and Harrington...