The secret to getting into Harvard
A new report from Harvard University outlines how college admissions offices can take the pressure down a notch, and encourage high-schoolers to focus more on the public good rather than personal achievement.
A new report from Harvard University outlines how college admissions offices can take the pressure down a notch, and encourage high-schoolers to focus more on the public good rather than personal achievement.
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What’s the secret to getting into Harvard? Be a nicer human being.You know things need to change when the most elite colleges in the country feel compelled to “reduce achievement pressure” on American high-schoolers. Harvard University released a report Wednesday that outlines how colleges should revamp the admissions process to do three things: take the pressure down a notch, level the playing field for students across races and incomes, and ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Greyhound bus driver who veered off a rain-slickened Northern California highway in a crash that killed two women and injured several others was not under the influence …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Greyhound bus driver who veered off a rain-slickened Northern California highway in a crash that killed two women and injured several others was not under the influence …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Greyhound bus driver who veered off a rain-slickened Northern California highway in a crash that killed two women and injured several others was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, authorities said Wednesday. The 58-year-old driver, who was briefly hospitalized, told investigators that he was tired and stopped for coffee about 30 miles before the bus plowed into safety barrels on U.S. 101 and flipped onto a center divider, California Highway Patrol Officer Christopher Miceli said. Читать дальше...
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Rhonda Burrage, a math teacher at Magnolia Middle School, was surprised Wednesday with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award during a schoolwide assembly attended by state Superintendent of Education Dr. Carey Wright. The Milken Educator Awards' senior vice president, Dr. Jane Foley, says Burrage is an exceptional instructor and students are engaged through her innovative teaching strategies and use of technology.
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A suicide attacker on a motorcycle set off a deadly explosion near a bus carrying media professionals on Wednesday in the heart of Afghanistan’s capital, officials said.Tolo TV network, one of the Afghan broadcasters apparently targeted, put the death toll at seven civilians. Earlier, Afghan Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Ayoub Salangi said six civilians, including four women, had died, and at least 24 others were wounded in the Kabul blast.The ...