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One intriguing question is whether stories that mention race tend to be more or less positive about charter schools than stories that do not.

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When Northwestern University realized that its rankings were far higher than the public's perception, it decided to develop a new story about the school.

According to marketing professor Jennifer Aaker at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, stories are remembered up to 22 times more than facts alone.

Another story in The Sun, about racial covenants in Rodgers Forge («Residents of Towson neighborhood confront racist legacy of covenants,» Sept. 10) was significant because, repeatedly, new residents remark that they moved to the neighborhood because of good schools and because taxes are lower than in Baltimore City.

During the March 26 airing of The Story with Martha MacCallum, Parkland school shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv said that we need government control rather than gun control.

For the purposes of this story, «elite private school» was defined as a private school charging more than $ 10,000 per year per student in tuition.

We are all thankful to social sites which has made all of us so interlaced, from finding old school mates to sharing day to day stories it has made us so addicted, more than alcohol and smoking.

Beginning with Columbine 19 years ago, more than 150,000 students attending at least 170 primary or secondary schools have experienced a shooting on campus, according to a Washington Post analysis of online archives, state and federal enrollment figures, and news stories.

In contrast, my own Chicago parish church and elementary school are located on two city blocks that together take up ten acres, but those blocks include — in addition to the church and school — over 100 dwelling units in a variety of buildings two - to - three stories tall, more than 15 businesses, and nearly 200 on - and off - street parking spaces for the public.

I did grow up christian, however, in Sunday School they never taught much more than «Love Jesus» and told us some of the stories without really explaining the significance.

After all, he's a man who has published more than 50 novels including that evergreen high - school requirement Fahrenheit 451, and written hundreds of short stories and a host of screenplays, including the adaptation of Moby Dick for legendary director John Huston.

To Ken Margo: I am totally agree with you about this evil thing going around the earth... this evil minded people is there everywhere regardless of faith... that was not what i was trying to say... my point was to be able to recognize the One True God who is Unseen and who has no partners as He is not in need of any partners but we the creation is in need of Him... thats all... I wish I could do something to stop all these taking place around the earth... I think we human fear the fed laws more than we fear the laws of our Creator, for example not to associate any partner with Him, taking the life of others, drug dealing, human trafficking, believing in hereafter and so on... I remember a story that I was talking with one of my friends... I was telling him look we all obey the law of the land so much like for example when we drive and no one moves even an inch when there is a school bus stop to pick / drop kids as it is a fed laws but when it comes to the laws of our Creator, we don't care... like having physical relationship outside of marriage and many more... then he said something nice... he said that its because we see the consequence of breaking the law of the land but we do not see the punishment of hereafter even though it is mentioned very details in Quran, it even gives pictures of hereafter....

The other day a colleague of mine, who came to America from Russia via Israel, told me a story about her son who is in the eighth grade in a renowned progressive school in Cambridge, Massachusetts (than which no community could be more progressive).

(132) The energy bursting from this story is admirable, but this is a long way from the problems of an averageCatholic family in Britain, who are more likely to be worrying about what the local primary school is teaching their children, rather than the best way to shoot a rat.

Look the person in the eye, consider their story and background and that they more than likely didn't dream of this life when they were on the grade school jungle gym.

I'm convinced there are much better stories to be told about the Wizarding World than Harry having to re-live and re-consider his school days again and again.

And other texts: Letter of Consolation to all who Suffer Persecution (1522), Temporal Authority: to what extent it should be obeyed (1523), covering a wide range of the responsibilities of the state, Ordinance of a Common Chest (1523), That Jesus Christ was born a Jew (1523), a defence of the teaching that Jesus was the promised «Messiah» of the Jews, To all Christians in Worms (1523), Concerning the Ministry (1523), Trade and Usuary (1524), stricter than some earlier medieval theories but not in practice greatly different (and he sent a letter to the Saxon Chancellor, Gregory Bruck on the same topic), To the Councillors of all Cities in Germany that they establish and maintain Christian Schools (1525), How God rescued an Honourable Nun (1524), the story of an escape from a convent, A Christian Letter of Consolation to the People of Miltenberg (1524).

I used to grub out on Cashew and Sweet + Sour Chicken in high school — which explains my less than stellar prom pics (but that's another story).

The story behind Russia's vast success at Squaw Valley was the same as it had been at Cortina: a massive sports program enveloping schools and clubs and labor unions and the military service, state encouragement, frequent outright aid to the specially talented, a fierce desire on the part of the individual to triumph, less for himself or his organization than for Mother Russia.

Cooperstown is going to become even more of a bland high - school - history textbook than it already is, distilled to names, numbers, and nothing more, with prominent figures and events removed to keep the idea of sanctity alive and well, rather than risk telling a story someone might not want to recall.

We love finding fun summer stories to fill the gap between school years, but few things charge us up more than a new season of competition to start covering.

No one loves school food success stories more than I do, but I agree with Dana that they need to be taken in context so we can learn which miracles can be reproduced elsewhere and which can not.

Since October 2011, Waldorf School of the Peninsula (WSP) has been featured in more than 30 newspaper stories around the world.

Rather than the mass exodus from the NSLP implied by these stories, Woldow tallies up the schools in the districts mentioned in the AP piece and finds that they add up to a mere ten schools — out of the 100,000 schools participating in the program.

Did you know that a study done over eight years, following sixty - five families, found that dinnertime is of greater value to a young child's development than school, story time and play time?

The story of becoming sober more than eight years ago is one Mr. Johnson tells with candor, a key element in the biography of a 35 - year - old who gained national attention for coming out as gay to his Massachusetts high school football team, and who achieved the legislative pinnacle of New York City government on Wednesday, becoming the speaker of the New York City Council.

The four - story brick school — which forms the base of Frank Gehry's rippling 76 - story apartment tower — will open its doors in September with more than 200 students from pre-K to second grade.

Also last week, Daniel Loeb, a Cuomo donor and chairman of the Success Academy charter school network, responded to the story by writing that «hypocrites like Stewart - Cousins who pay fealty to powerful union thugs and bosses do more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.»

The budget allotment of $ 12.3 million is up from $ 9.65 million last year, thanks to the more than 1,000 UFT members who tweeted at Council members or told their stories of out - of - pocket spending on school supplies to their Council members in an email campaign.

City schools Chancellor Richard Carranza offered a semi-apology Monday for tweeting a story that cast Upper West Side parents opposed to a school desegregation plan as little more than wealthy white racists.

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Visiting 12 of the more than 500 schools that had received NSF grants during the last decade to host students, Story found great variations in how the programs were carried out, who they served, and why institutions and students participated.

R. Leigh is the author of Squirt School, Squirting: It's Easier Than You Think and Squirt Stories: Tales of Real Life Squirters.

I love the story — the cafeteria ladies not knowing what they're serving, the Dad visiting the cafeteria and bringing your lunch is actually still safer than eating a school lunch!

Earlier this summer, the New York Times published a story about a Harvard Business School study which suggested people who spend money to save time (rather than spending time to save money) are generally happier.

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Cronenberg has more talent in his little finger than a school full of trained hacks, but the story here?

Oh the Japanese and their fondness for school uniforms:p haven't had much of a look at the other dlc yet other than the free Japanese audio, though I still haven't even completed all the story modes.

The story follows the life of a precocious and entitled high school senior (Ronan) whose over-extended confidence more than makes up for her lack of abilities.

It's the story of a larger - than - life character, a tall, blond Jewish high school star athlete from Newark known as the Swede because of his Aryan looks.

The story finds Day as mild - mannered English teacher Andy Campbell who must man up when his feared colleague, Ron Strickland (Cube), at his less - than - top - notch school challenges him to a good old - fashioned punch - up over a perceived sleight.

Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone — I saw this without having read any of the books or knowing anything about the story, other than the very basics of boy goes to wizard school.

There is a control to Burnham's story that makes it sing, as he takes us from one experience by Kayla to the next, without there being a larger goal than hoping she makes it to the last day of middle school.

The last time director Thomas Carter made a feature film, it was the inspiring true story of high school coach Ken Carter who, though leading an undefeated team, believed there was something more important to the future of his players than winning.

When: February 20th Why: Proving that there are worst sports than swimming («Pride») to make a movie about, «McFarland, USA» tells the true story of a high school gym coach (who by terrible coincidence is named Mr. White) and his all - Latino cross country team.

I've always looked to his work because, more true for his films that he directed than those he just wrote, he told the story of high school teenagers better than most.

Set in 1951, the coming - of - age story sees Marcus (Logan Lerman) move away to college to avoid being drafted to Korea — only to find that his school is even more oppressive and straight - laced than his family home.

His interactions with the school teacher, Na'omi, (Nondumiso Tembe) are also an important part of both of their stories, and the focus on Boko Haram rather than ISIS is admirable as a change of pace for a modern war story.

Lady Bird: Yes, it's a genuinely funny coming - of - age story, with Saoirse Ronan killing it as a precocious high - school senior convinced she's better than her home town of Sacramento.

The story is nothing more or less than a girl's senior year of high school.