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...drums pounding all around them. As the piece progressed, the dancers began to find their own identity within the music, shedding their black shirts for various colored ones and dancing in small groups instead of in one synchronized body. The overall effect was heightened by the impressive technical skill of the dancers, who made the transitions throughout seem natural and fluid...
...what should schools do when eliminating standardized tests, one clear measure of skill assessment, seems also to destroy accountability? In the decentralized American education system, the large amounts of public money spent on tests should instead be used in individual schools to improve teaching and ensure that both student skill and character are powerfully cultivated. In my middle school, for example, students who excelled in math were bused to the nearby high school to take more advanced classes. At the same time, classes at the middle school itself accommodated the skills of all other students. This emphasis on actually learning...
Harvard was effective stopping the UNC offense early in the game. The Tar Heels made futile attempts to exploit their height advantage inside with 6’6 center Candace Sutton, who didn’t have enough skill to beat the aggressive Crimson defenders...
...have other point guards that can play at that skill level,” co-captain Laura Barnard said. “But it’s the calm and the confidence she has and her attitude that pervades throughout the other players on the floor...
...future terrorist threats. Since he took the job of Homeland Security czar, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge has had some rough sledding; Bush gave him no authority over Cabinet members or agencies, which means he lacks the clout to win crucial bureaucratic fights. But Ridge has shown his skill in the Washington art of writing checks. The Administration's $38 billion homeland-security budget proposes a $380 million system to track the entry and exit of noncitizens and gives $282 million to the Coast Guard for protecting ports and coastal areas. This week, sources tell TIME, Ridge's office plans...